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.
ADRIAN TOMINEBut not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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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’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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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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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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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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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“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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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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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 get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.
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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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