John Ridley Quotes

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.

I had no television when I was little, just a stack of old, beat-up comics from the 1950s and 1960s.

I'm a huge Howard the Duck fan. For people who don't know, I'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, but Howard the Duck was maybe my favorite character as a kid. I went back, and I collected all of those comics. I had every comic he was ever in.

I've collected comics for many, many years, but I've usually collected older ones for whatever reason.

There was a time, as a young comic book reader, that I would have proclaimed 'Deadworld' my favorite series.

I hope I won't become hated by geeks everywhere, but I don't really know comic books all that well.

I'm a big fan of a lot of graphic novels - 'Fables,' 'Y: The Last Man' and 'The Walking Dead,' which I like a lot more.

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

I never was really into comics as a child, and I think if you miss the boat when you're a kid, you don't necessarily pick up on it when you're an adult.

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

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

I still love comic books. When you have a kid, that's an excuse to keep reading all the comic books.

When I was coming up, I kept a ton of comic books, almost 300 comic books. Back in the day, they didn't used to cost that much, so I used to keep 'em, collect 'em, trade 'em.

There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti know graphic novels are - at their best - an amazing blend of art literature and the theater of the mind.

I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.

I don't buy comics anymore, for the most part. I eat my lunch off of them.

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in.

Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects.

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 wasn't a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, 'Oh, I have this comic book here.' It wasn't like I was collecting them.

My brother and I used to collect comic books in San Francisco.

I believe monthly comics and the extended miniseries are the true hallmarks of comic art and storytelling.

I'm not ashamed of comic books. You have some people that are like, 'We're trying to elevate comic books.' Comic books have always told great dramatic stories.

One of my favorite memories as a kid was when the original 'Secret Wars' came out with the debut of the black costume for Spider-Man. I remember I couldn't wait to get home to read it, and I was like, 'Oh, my God, I've been waiting for this comic to come out. I hope, God forbid, nothing happens to me before I get home to read it.'