Quotes about Comics
The main thing I would say is: Lady Loki in the comics is a very different character to our character, obviously.
- Kate Herron
Look at 'Avatar:' the foreign ticket sales were over twice the domestic returns. The mind boggles at those kinds of numbers, but that's what you get when you effectively reach out to a global audience. If that kind of thing came to comics, it would undoubtedly change how people perceive the mainstream industry.
- Chris Claremont
One of the fun things in the old days about writing with Frank Miller was that every issue of 'Daredevil' was a challenge to every issue of 'X-Men.'
- Chris Claremont
On one level, all of the characters in 'Game of Thrones' grow out of George R.R. Martin's imagination. Therefore they are his. As long as they are in the novels they are his. But the moment they step forth onto the TV screen, they become filtered through the showrunners. In a business sense, it's the same way with comics.
- Chris Claremont
Comics deal with fundamental archetypes. We've been called the myth-makers of the modern age.
- Chris Claremont
Maggot calmed me down by explaining Bible stories were a category of superhero comics.
- Barbara Kingsolver
I'm a really big Marvel person. I like Marvel. I am a big fan of the Avengers and Iron Man.
- Alexa Bliss
Well, there's that beautiful quote about Loki from the comics, which is that he's the god of outcasts, and I think he said 'They see themselves in me, and I in them.' I think that's a big part of why I love Loki, but also, you know, he is isolated.
- Kate Herron
All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so.
- John Updike
The cool thing about comic books and prose is that if a reader gets confused on page 8, they can backtrack. With films, you sit down in a seat and once the projector starts going you're stuck for the next two hours. There are no do-overs, rewinding or starting again.
- Chris Claremont
Comics publishers are used to looking in a very, very narrow focused prism. It's like when I started writing 'X-Men.' Our 'meat and potatoes' money was made of newsstand sales, while anything that came through the Direct Market was considered gravy.
- Chris Claremont
Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.
- Nelson Mandela