“I think the novel is essentially a comic form (tragedy is for the theatre), not meaning by that full of jokes, but that it is about the absurd detail of human life, the way in which one cannot fully understand what is happening. Life is muddle and jumble and ends inconclusively, and when this is presented with great comic art the sorrows of human life can be truthfully conveyed; one is moved by the spectacle, and feels that something truthful has been told in a magic way.” ThinkingWayFeelsHumansHas BeensArtEndsFormLife IsNovelMagicSorrowHappeningsJokesTragedyMovedDetailsTheatreAbsurdComicHuman LifeTruthfulBeing TruthfulMuddleComic Art Author:Iris Murdoch
“An improper art aims at exciting in the way of comedy the feeling of desire but the feeling which is proper to comic art is the feeling of joy.” WayArtFeelingsJoyDesireComedyArt IsExcitingAimComicAestheticsComic Art Book:Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing Source: Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing
“It's gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, "Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy."” PeopleKnowsWritingArtCarePaperComicWho CaresNancyHobbesComic Art Author:Bill Watterson
“I don't think about myself having any form or style. Although it does tend to be rather realistic; not too stylised at all, it's not as exaggerated as comic art normally is. I try to go for a more realistic looking approach to my art.” ThinkingTryingDoeArtFormStyleApproachComicRealisticExaggeratedComic Art Author:Marko Djurdjevic
“No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.” FacesCompromiseComicComic BookArmageddonNever CompromiseRorschachRorschach TestComic Art Author:Alan Moore
“I decided honestly that comic art is an art form in itself. It reflects the life and times more accurately and actually is more artistic than magazine illustration - since it is entirely creative. An illustrator works with camera and models; a comic artist begins with a white sheet of paper and dreams up his own business - he is playwright, director, editor and artist at once.” ArtDreamFormArtistWhiteCreativeDirectorsPaperModelsArt IsDecidedCamerasHonestlyMagazinesComicArtisticEditorsSheetsPlaywrightOwn BusinessIllustrationIllustratorsLife And TimeComic Art Book:Flash Gordon: Mongo, the planet of doom Source: Flash Gordon: Mongo, the planet of doom
“Satire is moral outrage transformed into comic art.” ArtHumorMoralComicSatireTransformedOutrageMoral OutrageComic Art Author:Philip Roth