Quotes On Comics

Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn’t even know his name today. [+]

If the character can do no wrong and is perfect in every way, he is not a terribly interesting character. [+]

I’m probably the quintessential hack writer. [+]

I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. [+]

Comic book should be written as one word. [+]

You know what comic books are? [+]

Once, I’d written a Western story, and one of the panels was just a hand holding a six-shooter, and there was a puff of smoke coming out of the barrel, and a straight horizontal line, indicating the trajectory of the bullet. [+]

A superhero’s catchphrase should be like a really memorable advertising slogan. [+]

If Shakespeare and Michelangelo were alive today, and if they decided to collaborate on a comic, Shakespeare would write the script and Michelangelo would draw it. [+]

I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. [+]

I think I keep coming back mainly because I’m an idiot. [+]

Now the comic books themselves have gotten better and better. [+]

I would love us to do something with Will Smith, but I don’t know that he’s Captain America. [+]

The movie made a fortune, but it could have made as twice as much if I had a speaking line. [+]

I had a publisher who felt comics were just for little kiddies, so he never wanted me to use words of more than two syllables. [+]

Comics are not for kids and shouldn’t be written that way. [+]