I was into Batman. I was into Spider-Man.
I haven't been to Comic-Con.
I grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd.
Comics were not something that as a young kid you could say you were into in Manchester, Missouri. Kids did not read comic books back then.
People are so afraid to say the word 'comic'. It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to 'graphic novel' and that disappears.
I'm not really a Spider-Man fan. I'm more of a Batman guy.
I'm not into cartoons. That's the irony of it.
As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well.
I grew up as a huge comic fan and a huge Batman & Robin fan. I watched all the TV shows, went to all the movies - I even had the lunch box; man, I was in!
I have been a fan of comic books since childhood.
I'm really into Spider-Man, in particular. Since I was a little kid.
At any comic book convention in America, you'll find aspiring cartoonists with dozens of complex plot ideas and armloads of character sketches. Only a small percentage ever move from those ideas and sketches to a finished book.
People still go to Comic-Con because they love comics.
The fine-art world knows very little about the cartoon world.
As far as geek culture, I didn't grow up in the comic con geek culture lane, then I started doing Comic Cons seeing the impact of it. The character, Rufio living on.
Hanging out with comics, all they did was make fun of me.
I think a lot of the things in my life that I become most passionate about, and most excited about, are all from comics.
Anybody who knows me knows I'm a Marvel fanatic. I have Wolverine tatted on my right arm.
I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.
I was a superhero fan in the '90s, so I'm definitely familiar with John Romita, Jr. In fact, when I was in high school, I would go to local conventions and line up and get his signature.
My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that. He and a bunch of the 'Buffy' and 'Angel' writers were all going down in a big van and he invited me along.
I grew up watching sci-fi and Justice League and all those kinds of things.
I get less and less sketching done at shows, as more and more people want to come up and talk or get stuff signed. Most requested character? Probably Catwoman.
Maybe they're not 'books,' but 'Acme Novelty Library' and 'Eightball' are two comics I can't get enough of.
Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono. I mean it's ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much.
