Gilbert Hernandez Quotes

Of course, I started really being a comics fan with the underground stuff in the '70s.

We can't really make a living doing comic books, despite the fact that would be an awfully fun way to make a living.

I think it's good that we're not embarrassed that we're comic book creators anymore. It's good that people are able to make a good living at doing it, and not doing the traditional sort of mainstream fare.

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

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

Anyone who knows me knows that I will continue to work on 'SpongeBob SquarePants' and my other passions for as long as I am able.

People underestimate the complexity of comic books.

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'd hate to be writing 'Adventure Time' comics and not be excited about it.

I was fortunate that I was born in an era where comic books kind of grew up with me.

A lot of times people get to a certain age and they quit. I always felt sorry for the Frank Capras, the Billy Wilders, directors like that, because they quit in their sixties. Why would you quit? Think of the great work they could've done in their sixties, seventies, and on up.

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials in the Daily News.

What's exciting about being an artist, still, and what I'm really finding is awesome is that you can do it until you drop. I don't care how many lines I have on my face - I'll keep doing it!

I have a suspicion - I have to be careful what I say - that you might actually find the best comics actually written by people who are comics writers and who aren't setting out to do graphic novels.

Some people are worried about the future of comics and some people are busy building it. That latter group are my heroes.

I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure fun and pleasure of holding a magazine in your hand, reading the story on paper, being able to roll it up and put it in your pocket, reread again later, show it to a friend, carry it with you, toss it on a shelf, collect them, have a lot of magazines lined up and read them again as a series. I think young people have always loved that. I think they always will.

Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.

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

At the end of the '60s, I was trying to enter the world of comics.

I love comic books. I just do.

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.

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

I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

I don't need to write comics for a living. I have movies and TV for that. I write comics for one reason and one reason only: I love comics. I love the form, the structure, the storytelling process, I love everything about it.

I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid.