Jim Lee Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed.”

“Wonder Woman is a lot of fun to draw.”

“I think there's a responsibility of the publisher, of the company, to make sure the staple books that have been around for decades come out in a timely manner.”

“In the '50s, a lot of stories were built around radiation and the proliferation of new technology. In the '70s, there were a lot of stories that dealt with the Vietnam War. So comic books have always been a reflection of the times we live in.”

“Many in the creative professions were nerds in their pasts because they spent so long reading comics and using their imaginations when they were growing up.”

“There's an obvious marketing component to doing something digitally where you're reaching out to new readers that you can't do in the existing print marketplace, or that it's difficult to do in the existing print marketplace.”

“When a character has as wide an audience and as rich a history as Batman, it's truly exciting to see him introduced into an all-new storytelling medium. BATMAN LIVE will bring a completely new experience to fans of the character - it's great to be able to give them something they haven't seen before.”

“I try to do a lot of asymmetrical, triangular compositions - I find those work really well for comic book covers in that portrait mode, and I don't always see that in other artists.”

“People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are today?' I always felt a little on the outside. And as such, you're always observing things. So, I'd be kind of re-creating these things in my mind, and I think drawing it was a way to deal with that.”

“Superheroes are modern mythological characters, so you're going to make them look impossible. Even my Krypto The Superdog is the idealisation of the canine form.”