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Death is complicated." -Johann Kraus

Does Batman ever NOT have a plan...?

If you were casting the part of the evil scientist who would prove the Caped Crusader's deadliest nemesis, you'd likely glance at the headshot of German-born psychiatrist Dr. Fredric Wertham, with his owl-like glasses and severe Prussian features, and think, "Nah, too on-the-nose.

Hell, if someome wrote a book about you, well, it'd sell a million copies the day it was released. And if someone else was clever enough to write a parody - you know, to privide som comic relief during these extremely difficult economic times - that would probably be an even bigger seller, or at least it shoud be. So, just come clean with me, Ed. Your secret's safe with me, and whoever reads my internet blog. You...are...a...vampire!

Detective Comic #27: The very first glimpse we get of the guy and already he looks pissed.

If heaven was created only for the most stupid clown, then Mr Bean could have been the only righteous man on earth.

His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings under the indulgent eyes of Mrs. Povondra who knew that every man is partly mad and partly a little child; it was better for him to play with his cuttings than to go out drinking and playing cards. She even made some space in the scullery for all the boxes he had made himself for his collection; could anything more be asked of a wife?

I always had trouble with the Bruce Wayne in the comic book," Burton said. "I mean, if this guy is so handsome, so rich, and so strong, why the fuck is he putting on a Batsuit?

I need COFFEE to help me change the things I can... and WINE to help me accept the things I can't!

I'm sure this is a diversionary ploy. But that doesn't mean it isn't real." -Abe Sapien

Interestingly enough, whenever I cite examples from superhero comic books in a lecture, my students never wonder when they will use this information in their "real life". Apparently they all have plans, post-graduation, that involve protecting the City from all threat while wearing spandex. As a law-abiding citizen, this notion fills me with a great sense of security, knowing as I do how many of my scientist colleagues could charitably be termed "mad".

In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies...but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nadie vive feliz para siempre, Tom. Si eso pasara, la historia tendría que parar. Porque la historia está sustentada en los esfuerzos y agonías sin fin del héroe. Las vueltas y los giros de una historia parecen un laberinto. Pero en realidad son su opuesto. No hay vueltas erróneas. Sólo un camino a seguir, y un punto final. Cada vez que cerramos un libro, les damos un respiro. Un momento de paz. Un momento, no más que eso. Pero créeme, jovencito...ese momento es lo más cerca que estarás, en toda tu vida, de un final feliz.

In the midst of the vagaries of life, they provide us a trip to the land of goodness and fairies, of imaginations and possibilities. A childhood that wasn't spent watching cartoons or reading comic strips, no wonder, seems too dull to imagine.

My heart started racing, not the bad kind of heart racing, like I'm going to die. But the good kind of heart racing, like, Hello, can I help you with something? If not, please step aside because I'm about to kick the shit out of life.

They call us monsters because it makes it easier to hurt us. Bus monsters are people too.

People should learn the names of things. They're more important when you know what they're called -- harder to forget. - Constantine

People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.

Semua makhluk hidup setiap harinya hidup seperti memutar roda keberuntungan.

Sometimes, if you close your eyes and keep still, you can be invisible. Ostriches know this." - Constantine

Speaking of boxes... Do you know that thought experiment with the cat in the box with the poison? Theory requires the cat to be both alive and dead until observed. Well, I actually performed the experiment. Dozens of times. The bad news is reality doesn't exist. The good news is we have a new cat graveyard.

The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French.

There are few things less comforting than a tiger who's been up too late.

They call us monsters because it makes it easier to hurt us. But monsters are people, too.

That's the exciting part about capitalism. It's like surfing, you have to catch the wave. - Martin Peter (aka Vermin Gobsmack)

The enrichment center would like to announce a new employee initiative of forced voluntary participation. If any Aperture Science employee would like to opt out of this new voluntary testing program, please remember; science rhymes with compliance. Do you know what doesn't rhyme with compliance? Neurotoxin. Due to high mortality rates, you may be reluctant to participate in the new initiative. The enrichtment center assures you this is a strictly selfish impulse on your part, and why can't you love science like [insert co-worker's name here]?

The right idea at the right time is like a dandelion...You may hack it down, but you only spread the seeds abroad.

They're right. We're not fighting for the people anymore, Falcon... Look at us. We're just fighting.

When all is said and done, there is usually more said than done. [as quoted by Alfred E Neuman]

Who put the S in comic to make cosmic? / The Self, which is the self of all beings - / choosing to disguise from themselves / that everything is just a game. // With a laugh we could turn / from all the seriousness we learned / and connect with every atom to create / breathtaking beauty with graceful ease.

A comic says funny things. A comedian says things funny.

Why would a comediotic guy like Buzz Aldrin worry about who said what first? He was on the %$#@!+-oon!

A comic matter cannot be expressed in tragic verse. [Lat., Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult.]

A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.

Along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time.

Although according to certain philosophers it is quite difficult to distinguish the jester from the melancholic, life itself being a comic drama or a dramatic comedy.

Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith.

Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book.

An English philosopher said that whatever is cosmic is also comic. Do the best you can and don't take it so seriously.

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.

As a comic book artist, once you become a master, you end up a slave. In fine art you're always free... since I couldn't make it at Marvel, I made my life a carnival.

As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.

As a comic, I used to know more about pop culture.

As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost unemployable, and anyone who holds to the opinion that she was a great natural comic identifies himself immediately as a dunce.

As an adolescent I wrote comic books, because I read lots of them, and fantasy novels set in Malaysia and Central Africa.

At the same time, as you know, unless you are a comic book reader, Daredevil is not a known thing.

As psychotic as it gets outside, the comic can be more psychotic.

At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day.

Bill Hicks wasn't just a comic, he was a crusader against humanity's relentless capacity to underachieve

Because you make me laugh don't make you a comic. A comedian is a person who, that's how they make their living.