#comics

Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesn’t grow out of either of our species’ two basic instincts: survival and reproduction. ↗

— Scott McCloud

#comics #creativity #human-activity #instincts #reproduction

Because that’s what a comic is, ultimately: a collection of pages. It’s not a flatpanel or a touchscreen, even though that’s where it might eventually be displayed. It’s a page. ↗

— John Heffernan

#comic-books #comics #art

All those years I thought that it was power that brought responsibility. It's not. I was wrong. It's responsibility that brings power. It's knowing what needs to be done that brings strength. And courage. ↗

— Peter Parker

#wisdom #courage

Around, around the sun we go, the moon goes 'round the earth, we do not die of death - we die of vertigo. ↗

— James O'Barr

#graphic-novels #james-o-barr #the-crow #death

It's salt. Why don't you sprinkle some on me, honey? Aren't I just good enough to eat? ↗

— Grant Morrison

#food #joker #madness #food

Psychics. I love to prove you wrong. ↗

— Jim Pascoe

#hellboy #love

I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies. ↗

— Grant Morrison

#comics #exploration #humanity #war #money

Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#parenting

I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result. ↗

— Edward W. Said

#comics #liberation #subversion #liberalism

I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once? ↗

— Bill Willingham

#fantasy-fiction #unwritten-preface #fantasy-fiction