R. L. Stine Quotes

I was a big 'MAD Magazine' fan when I was a kid, and I read a lot of horror comics - I illustrated as well.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I still collect comics. I still have a great love and respect for the genre.

The first comic book I ever bought, I was in third grade. It was 'Avengers,' I think, #240. I grew up in Kansas City. And I walked into a 7-11. I had seen, like, 'The Hulk' TV series. I knew about comic book heroes. I knew about it, but I hadn't actually had a physical comic in my hands until that time. And it was a big deal for me.

Luckily for me, my father had impeccable taste. No contemporary collector was he. His treasure trove of comics included gems such as 'Little Lulu,' 'Frontline Combat' and 'Classics Illustrated.' But the works that stood head and shoulders above the rest were Carl Barks's 'Donald Duck' and 'Uncle Scrooge' comics from the 1940s through the 1960s.

Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.

I have a great affection for comics, and I think that people underrate comics as a genre.

I was into comic books as a kid.

I grew up with my uncle's comic books at my grandma's house, so I've always loved my comic book reading.

I wasn't a comic book aficionado at all when I was a kid, but my cousin Weed was. Every time we went to visit him on the farm, he had two really fun things: comedy albums and comic books.

I definitely read a lot of Marvel stuff when I was a kid.

Being into comic books is definitely an Americana thing.

I'm a severe graphic novels junkie. People ask me about it, and I say I like the graphic novels. Comic books are for kids, and graphic novels are for adults. But you can't really separate the two.

I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.

I was a big comic book fan from 13 on.

At the end of the '60s, I was trying to enter the world of comics.

I love comic books. I just do.

Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

I was a Marvel kid, and I would have to say that Spiderman is my all-time favorite character. As I got older, my tastes developed a little bit more, and I would follow certain writers; like, I really got into Grant Morrison. From the time I was 5, I was into comic books. From the time I learned how to read, it was all about comic books.

I am an avid reader of comics, though I came to them late.

I actually don't read comic books. I did when I was a kid - I used to read a lot of 'X-Men' comic books. I read a couple 'Scott Pilgrim' this past year, and those are really good, but I don't read in general, unfortunately.

I don't really read magazines that much. I read comic books.

I've always had a soft spot for comic books.

I didn't see a lot of comic books growing up.

Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough.