Occupation: Artist Birth: August 28, 1917 Death: February 6, 1994
I've done things that I wouldn't ordinarily seem capable of doing. And I've proven myself in situations where there's life and death at stake. And so….
The artist is the lowest form of life on the rung of the ladder. The publishers are usually businessmen who deal with businessmen. They deal with pro….
I would've liked to have been a better businessman when I was younger. And of course, I couldn't, because it wasn't part of my atmosphere. I never li….
All life on Earth is subject to the rumbles and rockings of the parent stucture which has no control over the disastrous effects of its stresses and ….
I never duck out of a fight; I don't care what the hell the odds are, and I'm rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That's the w….
Aw, where we come from the Anti-Life Equation is one of many others--almost as awesome!! But they merely exist!!.
I feel that every professional is the art school for the next guy. I feel that maybe a lot of the dynamism in my own work, having been felt by the re….
I taught myself how to draw, and I soon found out it was what I really wanted to do. I didn't think I was going to create any great masterpieces like….
An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying godhood. It was a caste system,….
I won't do anything bad, and I resent very deeply bad people who haven't got the ability, who try to interfere with the kind of work I'm trying to do….
I was happy because I made enough money to give to my parents. I made enough money to get married on. I made enough money to enjoy myself a little mo….
I get a lot of comics, and I can look at a comic and tell immediately whether I'll enjoy it or not. There are elements in the stories that I have no ….
I've never done anything bad. I can't do anything bad. It's got to be professional. It's got to look professional. It's got to read professional. In ….
I didn't save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time..
Everybody was wary. This was a time when communists marched through the streets, waving flags and shouting. The unions did the same thing so you bega….
I never had stock endings. I didn't believe in stock endings. To make the [reader] happy was not my objective, but to make the [reader] say, "Yeah, t….
My purpose was what my father's purpose was - to make a living and to have a family. I was going to do the right thing. My dream to me was to have mo….
I was being brought up on peasant stories; my mother came from Europe and she'd been a peasant and that was the area where the Frankensteins and the ….
There were very strict social conventions, and you adhered to it, and I think it gave you a lot of character. When a man said something, he meant it.….
A climb-out fight is where you climb a building. You climb fire escapes. You climb to the top of the building. You fight on the roof, and you fight a….
Speaking as a human being, not as a businessman - the unions are great. The unions are great for the working people because they protect you, but I d….