Chicks Dig Comics Quotes

“Yet, even beyond the allure of hidden physical strength, the fantasy of secret identity has an appeal that transcends demographics. For anybody who knows the experience of getting lost in a make-believe world – for anyone who knows the experience, in other words, of being a geek and being a fan – the secret identity has an appeal that is part of the text itself. It’s a dream of meaning, a wish for purpose. Beyond this day-to-day life, beyond what you see of me, I am working on something extraordinary.”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“The modifiers “adolescent” and “male” are often tacked on to this description, sometimes with the explicit purpose of saying, “What can you, grown-up women, expect from stories that were never meant for you in the first place? Steer clear of that playground and/or go off and find your own, because this place isn’t for you.” Batwoman exists, it would seem, as an entry point to”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“It’s perfectly legitimate to ask What Would Batman Do?”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“It’s not bad to have a second family, and it’s okay to have a different kind of family. Especially one who understands you at your core level like that.”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“You decide who you are. You can have something horrible happen to you and become Batman, or you can become the Joker. You can get swept up in horrible circumstances and bad choices, but you don’t need to. You can exert force on your own life. You can steer your own path. I did try to follow that, even in those special difficult times known as primary and secondary school. No matter what peers or adults were putting me through, I didn’t need to let it make me a certain way. I didn’t have to become mean, or bitter or angry. I employed”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“There are a variety of reasons I identify with Batman. Not because he is dreamy or rich or anything like that. But because he’s awesome, and he just... feels right. If I had to choose between all fictional characters in”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“what I love the most is the format itself, the way a gap between panels can be a minute or a decade, the way you can destroy a planet, a plant, or a plan in the same amount of space, how the words can be lying while the pictures tell the truth, or vice versa.”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“The Pro (a creator-owned Eisner-nominated book for Image Comics, written by Garth Ennis).”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“Then I read Greg Rucka’s run on Detective Comics – when Batwoman had the lead role – and discovered the art of J.H. Williams III.”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“If I thought there was a chance that a resurrected Jean would finally go, “You know what? Screw this. I’m going to Canada,” and go bang Wolverine’s brains out, I might be more interested in seeing her climb out of her grave again, just because it would be something new. What’s more,”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“There’s a reason most perfect fairy tale princesses disappear after the Happily Ever After. Developing Jean’s character beyond “the girl, the one everyone loves, you know, the one you wish you could be” would actually have damaged her character, taking away the very core that supposedly made her so appealing.”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“Here were these people who had absolutely no say in whether they became superheroes – they didn’t become scientists (the fastest way to get superhuman abilities, at least in the Marvel Universe), or worse, date scientists; they didn’t develop strange medical conditions that could only be cured with experimental treatments; they didn’t pick up mysterious canes and utter mystic phrases. They were just born, and because they were born different, they could never fit in with the world. So they became heroes, protecting a world that hated and feared them.”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“Scott and Jean are having marital troubles, on account of Jean periodically being an untouchable cosmic force, and him wanting to live a normal-ish life!”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“Bondage gear is totally a costume when you’re a bad guy!”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“The world changed and the companies haven’t yet figured out how to exploit it, exactly. Twilight and Harry Potter and manga have shown females will purchase genre books with a vengeance if given the opportunity and an enticing enough read.”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

“At conventions I could go a full hour and never see another female. At the first “Females in Comics” panel I attended, there were nine women on the panel and four people in the audience, one of whom was my husband. Powerful talents like Lea Hernandez and Devin were routinely accused of having their work actually written by their husbands or boyfriends.”
― Lynne M. Thomas, Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them