“For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information.” LongWantedArtistInformationLong TimeComicTeensComic Strips Author:Craig McCracken
“A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.” ArtistLettersScriptsComicLove Letter Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“I don't think I've ever made any conscious decision to be a comic artist, but to me there's something quite anarchic about comedy.” ThinkingMadeArtistDecisionComedyHumourConsciousComic Author:David Shrigley
“As a comic book artist, once you become a master, you end up a slave. In fine art you're always free... since I couldn't make it at Marvel, I made my life a carnival.” ArtMadeBookEndsArtistMastersFineSlaveComicComic BookFine ArtsCarnivals Author:Mark Kostabi
“I'm really interested with the way light plays on images and one of the artists that really reawakened my interest in comic books was Frank Miller and his treatment of Daredevil, and then Wolverine and, of course, Batman.” WayBookPlayLightArtistCoursesInterestComicTreatmentFrankComic BookDaredevil Author:James Marsters
“If you loved everything you were writing, you would be deluding yourself or a complete and absolute narcissist. It's not about liking what you write, it's about improving with every word, little by little, exploring your craft, becoming the artist you hope to be one day. And you can only do that by working at it every day. It doesn't happen overnight, it doesn't happen over a weekend, it is a lifelong pursuit.” IfsWritingLittlesBookHappensWould BeArtistBecomingOne DayAbsolutesPursuitCraftsComicWeekendComic BookExploringImprovingLifelongNarcissist Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job.” ThinkingNeedsBookJobsArtistComfortableComicComic Book Author:Kelly Sue DeConnick
“All the other editors at DC never gave me a moment's time. They would take the thing and give me a check and say, 'I'll see you in two weeks.' They never gave any kind of encouragement or information. They were very competitive with each other. They didn't want to teach an artist and then lose him to some other editor.” WantGivingKindTwoBookMomentsArtistLosesTeachWeekInformationGive MeEncouragementChecksComicEditorsComic BookTwo Weeks Author:John Romita, Sr.
“When I went to Stan Lee - every time I was with Stan, I learned something every day. When I would do a pencil job, if I didn't have much faith in it I would hand it in and invariably Stan would make it look like it was a well-written and well-planned-out story. It made me tell people, 'If you want to become an artist, go to work at Marvel. Stan will turn you into a storyteller.'” PeopleIfsWantWellsLooksMadeBookStoriesHandsJobsArtistTurnsWrittenComicComic BookStorytellerPencilsWell Written Author:John Romita, Sr.
“... And we talk it out. Lately, I've had Roy Thomas come in, and he sits and makes notes while we discuss it. Then he types them up, which gives us a written synopsis. Originally - I have a little tape recorder - I had tried taping it, but then I found no one on staff has time to listen to the tape again later. But this way he makes notes, types it quickly, I get a carbon, the artist gets a carbon ... so we don't have to worry that we'll forget what we've said.” WayGivingLittlesSaidBookArtistFoundForgetWorryWrittenTypeNotesComicTapeStaffComic BookCarbonRecordersSynopsis Author:Stan Lee
“It works in the comic book, but as the audiences have gotten older and more sophisticated, I think the stories need to grow up with them. This is a story about a couple of rival gangs and what goes wrong in a couple of days.” ThinkingNeedsBookStoriesArtistGrowsAudienceGrowing UpCoupleComicSophisticatedComic BookGangRivals Author:Todd McFarlane
“That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers.” PeopleTryingBookBigsArtistStuffBreakIndependentStartingTricksComicComic BookBreak OutSpeculators Author:Todd McFarlane
“I had tried to come up with a superhero comic, but it didn't work 'cause I wasn't a superhero artist, and I left it unfinished.” ArtistLeftCausesCome UpComicSuperheroUnfinished Author:Trina Robbins
“the true art of the gods is the comic. The comic is a condescension of the divine to the world of man; it is the sublime vision, which cannot be studied, but must ever be celestially granted. In the comic the gods see their own being reflected as in a mirror, and while the tragic poet is bound by strict laws, they will allow the comic artist a freedom as unlimited as their own.” MenWorldArtLawArtistVisionComedyDivinePoetMirrorsBoundsGrantedComicTragicStrictSublimeUnlimitedCondescensionStrict Laws Book:Winter's Tales Source: Winter's Tales
“One of the great things about being involved with comics is that those people are devoted to their characters, writers and artists. The average comic reader isn't casual about their habit.” PeopleCharacterArtistReaderHabitInvolvedAverageGreat ThingsComicDevotedCasual Author:Charlie Huston