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Dave Gibbons Quotes

There’s a thing with genre movies and science fiction movies that number two is the charmed; two seems to be the best. I loved ‘Terminator 2.’ Picture Quote #1

I think readers are always patient. Look at the ‘Harry Potter’ series. Some have given up on this generation of kids as game and TV addicts, but lots of people spend lots of time patiently reading through hundreds of pages of dense prose. I think reading a comic by comparison is a lot more immediate Picture Quote #1

There are people who specialise in lettering, and I’ve had my hand lettering made into a digital font. I picked up a copy of the ‘Dandy’ the other week, and I was amazed to see that it was completely lettered in my hand-lettering font. It was quite a thrill, really, having been a ‘Dandy’ reader years and years ago Picture Quote #1

I think the problem with the term graphic novel is it sounds pompous, it sounds pretentious, whereas on the continent, they call it an album, which to me sounds, it’s got more much of a connotation of a kind of a music single and an album collection Picture Quote #1

When you’re drawing something, you kind of run a movie in your head. You might close your eyes or stare into the distance and kind of see a movie unfolding and, you know, grab a certain moment or think, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s when we need just the point that he appears around the corner but just as she’s getting into the car,’ you know? Picture Quote #1

I vividly remember my first ‘Superman’ comic, which my granddad bought me when I was about 7. From that point on, all I wanted to do is draw comics. And specifically, superhero and science fiction comics. Basically I used to copy comic books, and draw my own comics on scrap paper Picture Quote #1

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When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty; it was the fireplugs in the street. These things that Jack Kirby had drawn. Or these cylindrical water towers on top of buildings that Steve Ditko’s ‘Spider-Man’ fights used to happen in and around Picture Quote #1

One of the things you have to be able to do, as a comic strip artist, is to draw things repeatedly from a variety of angles, so you need references, and you find the best picture you can Picture Quote #1

People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of Watchmen as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form Picture Quote #1

I always start drawing any job by planning out to some degree the locales and trying to nail the characters. If they’re existing characters, I’ll draw them several times on rough paper just to get a feeling for them. The ideal when you’re drawing a comic is to have everything in your head, not to have to refer to notes Picture Quote #1

I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all these guys with Italian and Irish names who had the whole thing sewn up. It was actually seeing a comic book drawn by Barry Smith, who was about my age, and English Picture Quote #1

I generally like very visually striking films. I love a lot of Stanley Kubrick’s films. I would have to say ‘Dr. Strangelove’, which of course has got resonance in ‘Watchmen’. It’s a favorite movie of mine Picture Quote #1

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I’m known for being very enthusiastic about using technology. A lot of the attraction is the way that it streamlines the process and takes a lot of the drudgery out of it Picture Quote #1

I don’t think schooling of any sort really prepares you for real life. I don’t know if art school would have prepared me to draw comics. Half of the people I know in comics went to art school, half of them didn’t. Some of them went and dropped out Picture Quote #1

If you want to draw comics, you really have to love to draw, as you will be spending many hours sitting down with a pencil or pen in your hand Picture Quote #1

If you’re using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through Picture Quote #1

I really like it when you can step outside of what’s come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself Picture Quote #1

Comics is all about making it believable and helping people to get completely lost in a fictional world Picture Quote #1

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Comics are a particularly esoteric field where you really learn how to do it, by doing it or by learning from other practitioners Picture Quote #1

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There’s a thing with genre movies and science fiction movies that number two is the charmed; two seems to be the best. I loved ‘Terminator 2.’ (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I think readers are always patient. Look at the ‘Harry Potter’ series. Some have given up on this generation of kids as game and TV addicts, but lots of people spend lots of time patiently reading through hundreds of pages of dense prose. I think reading a comic by comparison is a lot more immediate. (Dave Gibbons Quotes) There are people who specialise in lettering, and I’ve had my hand lettering made into a digital font. I picked up a copy of the ‘Dandy’ the other week, and I was amazed to see that it was completely lettered in my hand-lettering font. It was quite a thrill, really, having been a ‘Dandy’ reader years and years ago. (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I think the problem with the term graphic novel is it sounds pompous, it sounds pretentious, whereas on the continent, they call it an album, which to me sounds, it’s got more much of a connotation of a kind of a music single and an album collection. (Dave Gibbons Quotes) When you’re drawing something, you kind of run a movie in your head. You might close your eyes or stare into the distance and kind of see a movie unfolding and, you know, grab a certain moment or think, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s when we need just the point that he appears around the corner but just as she’s getting into the car,’ you know? (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I vividly remember my first ‘Superman’ comic, which my granddad bought me when I was about 7. From that point on, all I wanted to do is draw comics. And specifically, superhero and science fiction comics. Basically I used to copy comic books, and draw my own comics on scrap paper. (Dave Gibbons Quotes) When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty; it was the fireplugs in the street. These things that Jack Kirby had drawn. Or these cylindrical water towers on top of buildings that Steve Ditko’s ‘Spider-Man’ fights used to happen in and around. (Dave Gibbons Quotes) One of the things you have to be able to do, as a comic strip artist, is to draw things repeatedly from a variety of angles, so you need references, and you find the best picture you can. (Dave Gibbons Quotes) People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of Watchmen as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I always start drawing any job by planning out to some degree the locales and trying to nail the characters. If they’re existing characters, I’ll draw them several times on rough paper just to get a feeling for them. The ideal when you’re drawing a comic is to have everything in your head, not to have to refer to notes (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all these guys with Italian and Irish names who had the whole thing sewn up. It was actually seeing a comic book drawn by Barry Smith, who was about my age, and English (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I generally like very visually striking films. I love a lot of Stanley Kubrick’s films. I would have to say ‘Dr. Strangelove’, which of course has got resonance in ‘Watchmen’. It’s a favorite movie of mine (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I’m known for being very enthusiastic about using technology. A lot of the attraction is the way that it streamlines the process and takes a lot of the drudgery out of it (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I don’t think schooling of any sort really prepares you for real life. I don’t know if art school would have prepared me to draw comics. Half of the people I know in comics went to art school, half of them didn’t. Some of them went and dropped out (Dave Gibbons Quotes) If you want to draw comics, you really have to love to draw, as you will be spending many hours sitting down with a pencil or pen in your hand (Dave Gibbons Quotes) If you’re using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through (Dave Gibbons Quotes) I really like it when you can step outside of what’s come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself (Dave Gibbons Quotes) Comics is all about making it believable and helping people to get completely lost in a fictional world (Dave Gibbons Quotes) Comics are a particularly esoteric field where you really learn how to do it, by doing it or by learning from other practitioners (Dave Gibbons Quotes)