A selection of some of the funniest, most interesting and strangest quotes from the past week:
“One thing’s for sure, though – you won’t see Sentry crying on every other cover like Superman is. I’ve never seen such a man weep before. He’s like a Frenchman! Sentry will be a real man.”
– Mighty Avengers artist Frank Cho, on The Sentry
“For years, western comics have been associated with the image of geeky teenage boys in smelly comic shops. But our style is specifically aimed at women and girls. It’s very beautiful and pretty to look at.”
– manga artist Sonia Leong, a member of the Sweatdrop collective
“They got the drawings, I got the money — deal closed. It’s straightforward commerce. I give you something. You give me something. There are no strings attached after that.”
– artist Herb Trimpe, on co-creating Wolverine, a character that would go on to earn millions for Marvel Comics
“If you only have 24 pages to get your story done, you have to get to the point quickly. Graphic novelists like Seth, however, will spend several pages on the changes of the season; Chris Ware will devote an entire page to quiet, meditative shots of urban sprawl or moisture condensing on a window sill. And, it’s in portraying these small moments in life that comics more fully represent the times we live in, and it helps raise the medium to a higher art form.”
– cartoonist and author Scott McCloud, on the creative benefits of the graphic novel
“I was over at AmericanRhetoric this morning, listening to the top 100 speeches of all time and I listened to Barbara Jordan’s statement to the House Judiciary Committee’s panel to impeach Richard Nixon. That woman was larger than life. She was intelligent, articulate and tough as nails. I wonder if she was any inspiration for the DC Comics character Amanda Waller.”
– Kyle Pominville of OpEdNews.com, adding to my collection of offbeat mainstream references to comic books
May 4th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
“For years, western comics have been associated (…)”
AMERICAN comics, please! Most western comics published outside of US aren’t even bought in comic stores usually…
And Herb Trimpe didn’t “co-create” Wolverine by any stretch of imagination. He drew the first Wolverine appearance, yes, but the character was designed by then Marvel art director John Romita!
Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)
May 4th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Hunter, I first thought that they were talking about “western” comics, comics set in the Wild West! Western with a capital “W” was what she meant. And you have a good point.
May 4th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Western (capital “W”) comic fans are usually older guys. Those comics are quite popular outside the US, I know many such fans!
Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)
May 5th, 2007 at 3:43 am
Jeez..
someone needs to shut cho the fcuk up.
May 6th, 2007 at 5:36 am
I guess McCloud stop reading superhero comics years ago.