If the people of Comic-Con ruled the world...then tomorrow would be invented every day. Votes: 5
Neil deGrasse TysonComic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused. Votes: 3
Darren AronofskyComic book companies are like comic book villains; they keep coming back after they die. Votes: 3
Jim SterankoComics are carried by characters. If a character is well-created, the comic becomes a hit. Votes: 3
Kazuo KoikeI definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people. Votes: 3
Sally PhillipsIf you can announce the Higgs Boson in Comic Sans, clearly anybody can do anything. Votes: 3
Michael BierutComic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy. Votes: 3
Adam BrodyComic-Con fans are so affectionate, and it's always a lovely way to start a new season. Votes: 3
Kunal NayyarComic-Con is definitely grown from just being about comics to being about all forms of media. Votes: 3
Eric WightI like Comic-Con. It's always nice to talk to people who are fans of 'Children's Hospital.' Votes: 3
Ken MarinoComic-strip artists do not make good husbands, and God knows they do not make good comic strips. Votes: 3
Don HeroldI think that, if the world was a bit more like Comic-Con, we'd all be a little happier. Votes: 3
Matt SmithI'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, and I'm a huge 'Wolverine' fan, I like the 'X-Men' comic book. Votes: 3
Jason David FrankAt this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day. Votes: 3
Jhonen VasquezI've played D&D for years. I'm a comic book guy. Comic-Con in San Diego is nerd Christmas for me. Votes: 3
Brian PosehnWe're comic. We're all comics. We live in a comic time. And the worse it gets the more comic we are. Votes: 3
William GaddisI'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax. Votes: 2
Larry KingPeellaert's comic strips were the literature of intelligence, imagination and romanticism. Votes: 0
Federico FelliniPeople who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. Votes: 0
Harvey PekarFor comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason. Votes: 0
QuintilianI've long said that comic books are the modern equivalent of our Greek myths. Votes: 0
David S. GoyerAside from comic book heroes, the only real life heroes I had were musicians. Votes: 0
Andy BiersackThe great modern novel of the comic-pathetic illusion of freedom is Confessions of Zeno . Votes: 0
Italo SvevoEven a pretty traditional comic book writer can make valuable contributions to the Internet. Votes: 0
Harvey PekarThe comic book fans, especially 'X-Men' fans, are so serious about their comic book. Votes: 0
Kelly HuI'm a professional comic. Whether you think I'm funny or not, that's, again, subjective. Votes: 0
David CrossIn a sense the whole American comic tradition had been that of social criticism. Votes: 0
Constance RourkePeople dressed up like me, at the comic-con in San Antonio. It's very rewarding. Votes: 0
Bray WyattA comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately. Votes: 0
Yancy ButlerI'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough. Votes: 0
Nathan FillionThe true comic muse is the one with tears running down under her laughing mask. Votes: 0
Leopold von Sacher-MasochIn his comic scenes, Shakespeare seems to produce, without labor, what no labor can improve. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonWe never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers Votes: 0
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonIt's a great loss.[Carrie Fisher] was a comic genius, as far as I'm concerned. Votes: 0
Tony TacconeI think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic. Votes: 0
Scott RaabI'm used to comic books being reimagined, different takes on some of our beloved superheroes. Votes: 0
Len WisemanChris [Farley] - I would consider him a comic animal. With the emphasis on "animal." Votes: 0
Rob LoweEverything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.) Votes: 0
Elizabeth GilbertMy overall artistic goal is to marry graphic design with comic books and traditional storytelling. Votes: 0
Jonathan HickmanTo get syndicated as a comic strip artist is as likely as winning the lottery. Votes: 0
Stephan PastisOf comic novels that have quaffed the elixir of 'classic': Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm. Votes: 0
Cynthia OzickIn the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity. Votes: 0
Frank MillerWhole phases of comedy have become empty; the comic rejoinder has become every man's tool. Votes: 0
Constance RourkeWhen you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening. Votes: 0
David SedarisThere is no bigger crime, in the English comic novel, than thinking you are right. Votes: 0
Zadie SmithYou can't throw a rock without a comic book character falling out of a tree. Votes: 0
Morena BaccarinI love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship. Votes: 0
Harrison FordThere are too many good comic book writers out there. I'd rather remain a fanboy. Votes: 0
Simon KinbergThat's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out. Votes: 0
Adam HughesYou know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage. Votes: 0
Sarah SilvermanWatchmen' is not only the greatest comic ever written, it's a really important work of fiction. Votes: 0
Gerard WayLife is deeply tragic and also very comic at the same time. It's everything at once. Votes: 0
Paul AusterEverybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief. Votes: 0
Lev GrossmanYou know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character! Votes: 0
Nelson MandelaPeople find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough. Votes: 0
Mignon McLaughlinMost comic scriptwriters are very bad. The artists are good, but the writers are so bad. Votes: 0
Harry HarrisonI've always loved comic books, which is why I've done films like Hulk and The Punishers, Votes: 0
Gale Anne HurdI'm a cartoonist. I write and draw comic books and graphic novels. I'm also a coder. Votes: 0
Gene Luen YangEvery single fat comic uses his weight as a punchline. There is something sad about that. Votes: 0
Gene WeingartenNot everybody can do the comic book adaptation thing and make it believable. It is challenging. Votes: 0
Wesley SnipesI'm a total nerd. I love comic books and video games and most of all zombies! Votes: 0
Katie LeclercYou can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear. Votes: 0
Johnny VegasI'm not the comic of the generation, I'm not even the funniest guy in my family. Votes: 0
Dave AttellTo me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations. Votes: 0
Kevin KwanThe most important thing as a comic and a creator is to have a robust standpoint. Votes: 0
Heather McDonaldListen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers. Votes: 0
Avi AradI think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive. Votes: 0
Christopher MeloniIt's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles. Votes: 0
Mark GatissOne of the best things that happened for me as a playwright is becoming a comic-book writer. Votes: 0
Roberto Aguirre-SacasaWell, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out. Votes: 0
Alison BechdelAlong with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time. Votes: 0
Norman MailerI think there is a difference between comic essays and war reporting, and people can tell that. Votes: 0
David SedarisWhen I was very young, before I could read, I remember being very interested in comic books. Votes: 0
Nathan FillionReally, if I'm honest, sci-fi is where my sensibility instinctively goes - I'm a big comic-book fan. Votes: 0
Seth RogenPlus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something. Votes: 0
Michael PollanI'd been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents' tragedy Votes: 0
Alison BechdelA truly comic, invented world must live at the same time as the world we live in. Votes: 0
Dylan ThomasGrowing up I never got into comic books at all. I didn't have any inspiration for it. Votes: 0
Scarlett JohanssonI'm kind of a comic book geek, but I'm not really a super hero comic book geek. Votes: 0
Eric KripkeIf you can inspire a kid that's maybe the best part of being a comic book artist. Votes: 0
Marko DjurdjevicI am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull. Votes: 0
Rita Mae BrownPeople used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre. Votes: 0
Alexei SayleI just love comic books. I've always loved comic book art, and I just think it's amazing. Votes: 0
Zayn MalikIf I get stuck doing comic-book films for the rest of my life, I'll be really happy. Votes: 0
Megan FoxTHE EXPERIENCE OF READING A COMIC SHOULD NOT BE THE TIME IT TAKES TO TURN EACH PAGE. Votes: 0
Adrian TomineIt is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind. Votes: 0
William CongreveIt's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience. Votes: 0
Ray RomanoI've always had my voice as a comic. I was never that into politics, or prop comedy. Votes: 0
Andrew Dice ClayFor most of my career I did one comic a day, every day, including weekends and holidays. Votes: 0
Scott AdamsMaybe the best comics are written by people who really are at ease in the comic world. Votes: 0
Terry PratchettIt seems like they make every comic book into a film. 'Watchmen' is my favorite of all time. Votes: 0
William MoseleyThe women who line up at a comic's dressing-room door are not what you'd call your class groupies. Votes: 0
George CarlinYou're not a road comic till you've watched Real Sex and American Greed alone in your hotel room. Votes: 0
Iliza ShlesingerI've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers Votes: 0
Harvey PekarI was told I make intelligent comics, and then I made a comic about a horse that pooped. Votes: 0
Kate BeatonI grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd. Votes: 0
Joe ManganielloWhoever decided that comic valentines were a good idea should have been sent away to think it over. Votes: 0
Gladys TaberYou look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death. Votes: 0
Buddy HackettYou can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard. Votes: 0
Andrew DentonGeorge W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the expression. Votes: 0
Martin SheenIn my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings. Votes: 0
Dean KoontzAs a comic, you learn to use your voice because you don't have the benefit of visual things. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyBack in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado. Votes: 0
Danai GuriraGeorge W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if youll pardon the expression. Votes: 0
Martin SheenI see a Latino comic as someone who can only perform for Latino audiences. I cross the board. Votes: 0
Gabriel IglesiasLook at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere. Votes: 0
Eli RothIf you'd rather go to the football game than read a comic, that's fine. I'd rather do both. Votes: 0
S. Robson WaltonThe real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenI have no imagination; I just steal from life and change the color. Then it's a comic book. Votes: 0
Brian K. VaughanI wasn't at all sure I could make that sort of leap into that sort of comic book reality. Votes: 0
Terence StampI used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes. Votes: 0
Jamie HewlettI'm not of a science background, I was never a comic book geek, and I was never a gamer. Votes: 0
Niall MatterI was never a kind of superhero fan much growing up, I'm not a kind of comic book kid. Votes: 0
Joe WrightI've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books or was a horror buff. Votes: 0
Chad LindbergI've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books, or was a horror buff. Votes: 0
Chad LindbergAs a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death. Votes: 0
Alexei SayleImmigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it? Votes: 0
Brian K. VaughanI am a total geek. I'm not even a closet comic book geek. I am the comic book geek. Votes: 0
Matthew SettleFor the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials in the Daily News. Votes: 0
Gloria SteinemMy stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor. Votes: 0
Manuel PuigI hope I won't become hated by geeks everywhere, but I don't really know comic books all that well. Votes: 0
Steven MoffatI was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read. Votes: 0
Idris ElbaI still love comic books. When you have a kid, that's an excuse to keep reading all the comic books. Votes: 0
Jimmy KimmelAt the same time, as you know, unless you are a comic book reader, Daredevil is not a known thing. Votes: 0
Avi AradI guess people might be surprised to know I read comic books. I'm a Marvel girl, as opposed to DC. Votes: 0
Chelsea CainAs a fan, I want all of the Marvel TV projects to be successful. I am a comic book fan. Votes: 0
Marc GuggenheimI mean, of course, I love sci-fi and stuff like that, but I'm not, like, a comic book crazy guy. Votes: 0
Russell HornsbyI'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax Votes: 0
Larry KingIt wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic. Votes: 0
Deirdre O'KaneYou either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book. Votes: 0
Matthew VaughnWhen I was a kid, I used to send away for those ventriloquist kits on the back of comic books. Votes: 0
Alan KingI was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips. Votes: 0
Guillermo Cabrera InfanteYa know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, you would never see a bad show. Votes: 0
Buddy HackettI was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips Votes: 0
Guillermo Cabrera InfanteSomething you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles. Votes: 0
Marc WebbI was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret. Votes: 0
Bob MonkhouseSo the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech. Votes: 7 Neil Gaiman
I used to go to the comic store all the time. I was into comic cards, which are essentially baseball cards for comic book heroes. They have these cool stats on the back. I had collections of these things. I still have a lot of my collection at home. Votes: 4 Brett Dalton
I'm a massive comic book fan. I was buying weekly installments of "The Watchmen", and "From Hell", and "Parallax" and "Johnny Nemo". I was a huge comic book fan as a kid and I still am. Me and my youngest son are both comic book nerds together; make models and stuff. Votes: 3 Jude Law
When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream. Votes: 2 Elvis Presley
I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same. Votes: 5 Harvey Pekar
People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. Votes: 1 Harvey Pekar
When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show. Votes: 7 Drew Carey
The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't want the issue of Hobbes's reality settled by a doll manufacturer. Votes: 2 Bill Watterson