But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
ADRIAN TOMINEEspecially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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Whereas the graphic novel is now being held up as something to aspire to and as something that’s respectable for adults to read.
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The idea of trying to make the effort to produce something, to put something out into the world, rather than just taking in all the stuff the world’s putting out at you.
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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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I think there’s this general hunger for greater diversity, where publishers are really excited about finding different voices than what has been done.
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And I do think it’s sort of too bad that what once was a safe haven for truly eccentric, outsider artists is no longer that thing.
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Either thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
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Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it’s nice to not have to dread introductions.
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The loner – it can have a real impact on the art when they realize, I have friends, I’m married, or I have kids. That’s certainly happened to me.
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If you’re changing diapers and going to the playground, any ambitions of being a cool guy have to fly out the window.
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I do think it’s getting more and more rare in this country to raise a kid with the attitude that creativity is something valuable.
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And with this sort of increased visibility, there’s more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who gets into the business as a creator, who sticks with it, and who gets pushed out.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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