"Why does the need to explain comics still exist? Because that prejudice still exists. It's fading, but it's still very strong. It's important to keep pushing the boundaries of what people know comics to be so that they are receptive to the whole world of comics, not just one or two genres of work."

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Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.

Jessica Abel

#Strong Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“You are not going to destroy this imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy by creating your own version of it,”
“It is curious to be treated by the old-fashioned people as a criminal because my thoughts and ways are beyond them.”
“Peace is in the grave. The grave hides all things beautiful and good. I am a God and cannot find it there, Nor would I seek it; for, though dread revenge, This is defeat, fierce king, not victory.”
“Islam and Islamic values now have a level of immunity from comment and criticism in the Western world that Christianity has lost and Judaism has never had.”
“In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some thoughts about that word, "bebop"--my first jazz hero ever, jazz improvisor hero, was Lester Young. I was a big "Lester Young-oholic," and all of my buddies were Lester Young-oholics. We'd get together and dissect, analyze, discuss, and listen to Lester Young's solos for hours and hours and hours. He was our god.”
“Married people should be best friends; no relationship on earth needs friendship as much as marriage”
“God has so framed us as to make freedom of choice and action the very basis of all moral improvement, and all our faculties, mental and moral, resent and revolt against the idea of coercion.”
“Rich people believe - I create my life; poor people believe - life happens to me”

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