“There's nothing grimmer than the tragedy that wears a comic mask.”
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) American novelist, short story writer, designer
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), Conclusion : Don Quixote in the Contemporary European Tragi-Comedy
“There's nothing grimmer than the tragedy that wears a comic mask.”
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) American novelist, short story writer, designer
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), Conclusion : Don Quixote in the Contemporary European Tragi-Comedy
“There is not one female comic who was beautiful as a little girl.”
Joan Rivers (1933–2014) American comedian, actress, and television host
Quoted in L.A. Times (10 May 1974), as reported in The Yale Book of Quotations (2006), p. 638
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) Japanese cartoonist and animator
Quoted in Helen McCarthy, Osamu Tezuka: God of manga , translated by Fabio Deotto, Edizioni BD, 2010, back cover.
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Source: Epigrams, p. 346
“I'd been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents' tragedy”
Alison Bechdel (1960) American cartoonist, author
Source: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer
" On The Conduct of Life" http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Hazlitt/ConductLife.htm (1822), reprinted in The Collected Works of William Hazlitt (1902-1904)
“In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.”
Frank Miller (1957) American writer, artist, film director
Source: Eisner/Miller (2005), p. 198