#comic books

I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of good-natured fun. I never had nightmares I think because all of the old horror stuff that I was exposed to was well meaning in a certain sense. ↗

— George A. Romero

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My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed. ↗

— Jennifer Tilly

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But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

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Comic books were just the means for me to tell the story. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#comic #comic books #just #me #means

Comic book fans have loved Wolverine, and all the 'X-Men' characters, for more than the action. I think that's what set it apart from many of the other comic books. In the case of Wolverine, when he appeared, he was a revolution really. He was the first anti-hero. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

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I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't claim to be like a comic book geek. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

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Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's life. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#biggest influence #books #comic #comic books #continue

It's almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There's a real story that goes along with it and a movie seemed like the right kind of transition to make. ↗

— Christian Slater

#alone #along #books #comic #comic books

I think the advent of the Internet gave us all a big boost, because by the time the Internet became mainstream and you could get it in your home, a lot of us were used to dealing in fan culture, writing to magazines or anything at the back of comic books. ↗

— Kevin Smith

#anything #back #became #because #big

When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and 'The Vault of Horror.' They were gruesome. I discovered them in the barbershop and thought they were fabulous. ↗

— R. L. Stine

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