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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

I don't think it's a coincidence that comic books appeal so strongly to children. Not that it negates any of their power for adults, but there is something about comics that makes them a perfect storytelling system for children.

I was into comic books as a kid.

I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.

I really wasn't into comic books growing up.

I don't think of cartoons or comics as being for kids.

I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?

I never was really into comics as a child, and I think if you miss the boat when you're a kid, you don't necessarily pick up on it when you're an adult.

The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as an adult without that kind of childhood sentimentality, it just doesn't allow you, or in my case at least, it wouldn't let me take the characters seriously.

People are so afraid to say the word 'comic'. It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to 'graphic novel' and that disappears.