No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
ADRIAN TOMINEI never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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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’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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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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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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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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But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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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 get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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 wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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