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Parenting & Family Quote by Bill Mumy

"Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series"

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Nostalgia is doing double duty here: it’s not just a warm memory, it’s a credential. Bill Mumy frames his fandom as lifelong and handmade, the kind of origin story that quietly argues he belongs in the conversation about comics as more than a consumer. “Big fan” is casual, almost shruggy, but the punchline is the upgrade: he wasn’t only reading comic books, he was making them. That move turns fandom into practice, and practice into identity.

The kicker is the setting: “when I was on the old Lost in Space series.” He’s folding two mythologies together - childhood creativity and early TV stardom - and the subtext is a small act of reclamation. Child actors are often remembered as faces rather than makers; Mumy’s detail about writing and drawing suggests he had an inner life and a craft life even while being packaged for mass entertainment. The phrase “the old” signals both affection and distance, a nod to how retro cult properties get reprocessed by new generations. He’s meeting that culture halfway: yes, it’s vintage, yes, it’s a brand, but it’s also where he was quietly building his own worlds.

Culturally, the quote plays into the current premium on “authentic” geek lineage. In a moment when fandom can feel performative, Mumy’s anecdote lands because it’s specific, pre-digital, and slightly lonely: a kid on a soundstage drawing panels to entertain himself. It humanizes the celebrity and elevates comics as a formative toolkit, not a guilty pleasure.

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Mumy, Bill. (2026, January 17). Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/well-ive-been-a-big-fan-of-comic-books-since-i-39652/

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Mumy, Bill. "Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/well-ive-been-a-big-fan-of-comic-books-since-i-39652/.

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"Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/well-ive-been-a-big-fan-of-comic-books-since-i-39652/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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Bill Mumy (born February 1, 1954) is a Actor from USA.

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