I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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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 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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There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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I’m also probably one of the few remaining holdouts who hasn’t consented to making the e-book versions of all my work, which is annoying to some of my publishers.
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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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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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“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 not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters – which, again, I take as something of a compliment.
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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.
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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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