A selection of some of the funniest, most interesting and strangest quotes from the past week:

“Both signings were crowded, and I think everyone at DC was surprised by the amount of kids that showed up.”

– Jeff Smith, in his report from New York Comic-Con

“Make comics for girls as well as boys, and you double your market share. In fact, graphic novel sales have quadrupled since 2001, which indicates a pent-up demand that wasn’t being met. No marketer can ignore that. If only there were a third gender to reach out to!”

– Brigid Alverson of MangaBlog, on the changing market landscape

“You do not want these books only in the Graphic Novel section of any big bookstore. They will be lost — I guarantee it. Have you see these sections? They are usually three or four shelves (maybe) of very skinny books lined up in alphabetical order by title or author (depending on what the employee was thinking the day they were shelved.) There is often a display shelf up top but it has either all manga or all superhero — again, depending on the employee who deals with the section. A small narrow book is going to be lost. Plus, the only people who go to the GN section are already GN fans — they are looking for something specific, like a new title in their favorite manga series. What DC really needs to get is YA readers who don’t know about graphic novels — you want these books in the YA section, I promise. Odds are the manga fans are already surfing comics’ sites anyway to keep up on new releases; they already know that The PLAIN Janes is coming.”

– Colleen Mondor of Chasing Ray, offering advice to DC about the placement of the Minx titles in bookstores

“Why are so many female teachers preying on their male students these days? Might it have anything to do with the increasing popularity of Yaoi and Boys Love Manga? Are these stories — with their focus on sexualizing under-age boys — contributing to the incidence of women abusing their position of power over their male students to get into their pants?”

– Ray Randell of Super Underwear Perverts, trying to make a connection that I’m not sure exists

“The comics market, sadly, is dying because the Playstation has taken over and comics can’t compete. Most comics I have come across haven’t realised that they have lost the battle. They haven’t changed their format. They need to tell stories. They are not producing great literary works and I don’t see why they shouldn’t try. The Playstation will never tell stories.”

– 2000AD artist Ian Gibson, pointing an accusing finger at video games

“Uh … huh. No offense, but when you don’t develop a character anywhere past a catchphrase like, ‘I am the law!’, people might grow just a wee bit tired of him after a few decades.”

– GayGamer, responding to Gibson’s comments

“You have your power battery with you?”

“I’ve trained it to come when I call. You know, like you did Robin.”

– Batman and Green Lantern, in The Brave and the Bold #1

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