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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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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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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But if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.
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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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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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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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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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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 experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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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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I’m very grateful for it. But at the same time, it’s not a subculture-y thing anymore; it’s something that’s in the New York Times and the New Yorker.
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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’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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