That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto.
ADRIAN TOMINEJust 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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For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that I was a young guy.
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I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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For me, like, the more interesting a letter is I just get more excited and I know that this going to be great for my friends who are looking forward to reading that in my comic.
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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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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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I think, to its credit, this is one of the last forms of popular entertainment that I don’t sense to be discriminatory in any way.
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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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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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And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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It’s psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you’re trying to depict.
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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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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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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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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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