“If comics are modern mythology, then black participation and representation is crucial.” Quote by Reginald Hudlin
“A comic will always be more 'personal' than a DVD or CD, both of which require electronic 'players' to decode their content. With comics, the reader is the player so the engagement with the material is always more fundamental and dynamic. Reading comics is a much less passive activity than consuming CDs and DVDs.” ReadingPlayerMaterialsReaderActivityFundamentalsComicEngagementPassiveComic BookConsumingCdsDvds Author:Grant Morrison
“What I worry about is working in this serial medium, where people are talking about your stories before they're done, we have this instant feedback loop now. I'm very active on Tumblr and I have a very active engagement with readers and I love it, but I don't want to start writing to try to please someone else. I don't want my meter to get skewed.” PeopleWantWritingTryingDoneStoriesTalkingWorryReaderPleaseActiveMediumsInstantEngagementComic BookFeedbackMeterSerialsLoops Author:Kelly Sue DeConnick
“The thing that makes stories memorable is the experiences they impart onto the readership and the emotions that they make those readers feel. The audience will forgive an incredible amount if you deliver them a powerful emotional experience - and, conversely, if your story is emotionally false, no amount of pyrotechnics will save it.” IfsFeelsStoriesPowerfulEmotionAudienceEmotionalReaderAmountForgivingIncrediblesMemorableComic BookImpartReadershipPyrotechnics Author:Tom Brevoort
“Get inside her head. Get inside any character's head and ask what they want in this scene. And if you work from the perspective of what they want, there's not going to be any wrong answer. There's going to be some boring answers, but none of them are going to be wrong. As long as she has agency, then you're on the right track.” IfsWantLongCharacterAsksAnswersPerspectiveSceneTrackBoringAgencyComic BookRight TrackWrong Answers Author:Kelly Sue DeConnick
“Learn from everyone. Follow no one. Watch for patterns. Work like hell.” WatchesHellPatternsComic Book Author:Scott McCloud
“To the folks asking how they can become a comics writer if Marvel doesn't accept submissions... YOU WRITE COMICS!!” IfsWritingAcceptingAskingFolksComic BookSubmission Author:C. B. Cebulski
“Lettering should be invisible. You shouldn't notice it, unless it is a determined piece of storytelling in graphic design. Whether handmade or digital, the lettering should be easy on the eye and well placed. It should help tell the story and do nothing to get in the way of it.” WayShouldWellsHelpingStoriesEyeEasyPiecesDesignDeterminedInvisibleStorytellingDigitalComic BookGraphicGraphic DesignHandmade Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“Over the last ten years, breaking into comics has changed so much. There used to be specific ways about how to do it ... and now, just like there are so many different ways people are getting exposed to comics, there's no single way that people are breaking in anymore.” PeopleWayYearsDifferentLastsUsedChangedTenUsed To BeDifferent WaysExposedComic Book Author:C. B. Cebulski
“I have no imagination; I just steal from life and change the color. Then it's a comic book.” BookImaginationColorStealingComicComic BookLife And Change Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.” RunningRepublicanSafeExposureMarine Corps Author:Rahm Emanuel