Joe Shuster Quotes

From the time I was 5 years old, I collected comic books.

The reason I love comics and have collected them for 37 years is because I always wanted to be an illustrator and a writer - and comics are really the perfect blend of those two mediums.

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

When I started in the comic book business, 'Art Of' books were strictly the provenance of the greats, like Rembrandt and Da Vinci. But times change, and so do attitudes. Now the comic is considered an art form, and I hope 'A Life in Words and Pictures' contributes a little to that art form's history.

I came to one of the first Comic Cons in 1985, when it was just people trading back issues of comic books.

I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't claim to be like a comic book geek.

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

Comics are so full of amazing work. And I can't look at a drawing of a woman without thinking of, for instance, Wallace Wood and his amazing way of capturing beauty.

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.

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.

I just love comic books. I've always loved comic book art, and I just think it's amazing.

I definitely was a big comic collector as a kid.

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.

'The Great Comic Book Artists' is about three score of the best practitioners of graphic story art.

I read comics because of the art.

I liked the old comic books, especially the funny ones like 'Popeye' and 'Beetle Bailey.'

I always had a great history of comics. I've been buying them since I was six years old. I was a student of the craft.

One older brother of mine collects comics, and when I was younger, I collected them, too.

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

I've loved comics since I was very young, and I've always liked telling stories.

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.

I was a very intelligent kid. I used my intelligence to support my passions. When it came to comic books, I became enthralled in the whole universe. I had to know all the facts and timelines. The whole fictional universe was real to me.

But one of my absolutely favorite things to do is go to comic book stores on the weekends. I'm a huge comic book nerd.