“When I started formulating the first Frank comic, I knew I wanted it to be something that was beyond time and specific place. I felt that having the characters speak would tie it to 20th-century America, because that would be the idiom of the language they would use, the language I use.” FirstsCharacterUseWould BeWantedAmericaSpeakLanguageFeltCenturyComicTiesFrank20th CenturyIdiom Author:Jim Woodring
“Superheroes are also about immigrants. Superman, the prototype of all superheroes, is a prototypical immigrant. His homeland was in crisis, so his parents sent him to America in search of a better life. He has two names, one American, Clark Kent, and the other foreign, Kal-El. He wears two sets of clothes and lives in between two cultures. He loves his new country, but a part of him still longs for his old one.” StillsTwoBookCountryAmericaCultureNamesParentClothesCrisisComicImmigrantsComic BookSuperheroBetter LifeHomelandPrototypeKentTwo Cultures Author:Gene Luen Yang
“No matter how much people want to pretend that they're embarrassed by it, that they don't watch it, everybody knows about it. It's truly, I believe, one of the only art forms that America has actually given to the world, besides jazz and comic books.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantBelieveArtBookMatterAmericaFormGivenI BelieveWatchesJazzComicComic BookEmbarrassed Author:CM Punk
“My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.” MenBookAmericaFourHeroBasesComicFantasticCaptainsComic BookSpidersMy HeroSpider ManMarvel ComicsFantastic Four Author:Walter Mosley