Cartoon Quotations and Talk

The speech balloon is a great philosophical discovery - David Carrier (2000, 4)

I like physics, but I love cartoons. - Stephen Hawking (as Stephen Hawking's Head in Futurama episode US released on 8 September 2011)

Like literature, comics are narratives that are read; like paintings, comics are images that are viewed. And so a proper account must do justice to our experience of this unity, words-and-pictures. - David Carrier (2000, Introduction)

Comics in my view are essentially a composite art: when they are successful, they have verbal and visual elements seamlessly combined. - David Carrier (2000, 4)

Cartoons are simple, but also complicated. - T. Kinnes

To interpret an art, we need to know its essence, its defining qualities; and with the art of comics, that requires understanding its origin. - David Carrier 2000, 1-7)

It is a lot to enjoy your cartoons or comic strips. To be happy - that matters. - T. Kinnes

I'm at my happiest when I have a good idea and I'm drawing it well, and it comes out well and somebody laughs at it. - Charles M. Schulz

Animals that talk and express emotions, is . . . well rooted in the Native American humor tradition. - Joan N. Buckley (1984, 12).

Talking, expressive animals are features of folklore the world over. - T. Kinnes

The purpose of making cartoons is not to be happy. It is to have it make some difference. - T. Kinnes

Certain pictures convey their meaning in a way which makes them similar to words. - Mario Saraceni. (2003, 37)

The comics' lack of pretension make some of them fun. - T. Kinnes

To produce a particular cultural product, traditions of production, of marketing, and of audience work together, Martin Barker tells. (1989, 238)

Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso. - Roy Lichtenstein (American pop artist, 1923–97)

The point of view that each individual panel in a comic strip episode is drawn from, is a major aspect of how meaning is conveyed in comics. It contributes to creating various effects, such as closeness, distance, threat, subjectivity, objectivity, and so on - It defines the positions of the characters within the story; it contributes to the identification of the reader with the main character; it helps the reader gain access to the character's emotions and feelings and, sometimes, to their dreams, visions and imaginary thoughts. - T. Kinnes