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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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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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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That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto.
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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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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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 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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But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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