Comic Illustration Quotes

I think comics are faster to draw with a pen and then fill and tone by computer. But my illustrations are all done via computer. I even draw the lines on a tablet.

In a perfect world, I'd like to start running comics for kids - by kids.

I never really read comics. I bought them, and I would draw them.

When I draw my caricature self-portrait, I always do a huge smile.

Outside of my work as a comic book creator and co-publisher, I'm an avid gamer.

The New Look of Batman is more illustrative and realistic.

My works were not - and they still aren't - single panel gags with a punch line underneath them. I like a lot of those cartoons; I just don't draw them.

Considering my specialization in architecture, I'm not surprised that the first graphic novel to thoroughly engage, not to say captivate, me is Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor's 'Batman: Death by Design.'

Comics are such a powerful educational tool. Simply put, there are certain kinds of information that are best communicated through sequential visuals.

Most comic scriptwriters are very bad. The artists are good, but the writers are so bad.

I've always been apprehensive about doing comic books, period.

I think 'Prince Valiant' was the first cartoon I ever did.

I'm kind of a graphic novel ambassador.

I'm sure that no matter what I'm involved in, I'll always be doing comics, at least in some minor capacity.

It's not movies and it's not "fine art." The beauty of a comic is that it's clear, direct communication. My work is getting simpler and more cartoony because I'm much more interested in communication now than in any illustrative value.

I was a junior at school, and I had just taken my first comics class, and we were doing an exercise for this other class where we had to create our own characters, and 'Nimona' just kind of came out of that. I decided that I liked her so much that I wanted to do a comic with her.

A lot of times, the idea of a comic will be, 'Wouldn't it be cool if you...' But instead of doing it, I'll draw a comic about it.

I believe that a good comic script can succeed despite being drawn badly, but that a bad script can't be saved by good art. Of course, great writing and great illustration makes for a great comic 100 percent of the time.

I was really into music, but I thought, 'Comics are great, I should get back into that.'

I know '100 Bullets' is not what traditionally people think of as comics.

The method of producing comics in Japan is very hectic, but it's also rewarding because it's possible to do both the story and art all by yourself.

Anyone should be able to read comics.

My first influences were superhero artists.

I am a big fan of the web comic 'Strong Female Protagonist,' illustrated by Molly Ostertag.

I used to publish these stories in 32-page comics, and I would either do short stories or break the long ones up into chunks so there would be some variety inside the comic. But since then, people have been doing more and more long, standalone works, and the term 'graphic novel' has sort of become the codified term now.