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There are certain artists and filmmakers who, I get the impression, are trying to show off how bad their characters can be, how immoral their characters can be.

Adrian Tomine

I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on an envelope that, you know, it’s a big effort these days. So I often write back.
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And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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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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But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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“What you do for a living?” It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics.
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But my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.
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I think there’s a lot of evolution that’s happened in intangible ways, in terms of how I think about the work or how I plan it out.
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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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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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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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When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.
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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’m getting to a point in my life where my whole attitude about the relationship between myself and the audience is totally different.
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