I think, to its credit, this is one of the last forms of popular entertainment that I don’t sense to be discriminatory in any way.
ADRIAN TOMINEThere 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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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And I do think it’s sort of too bad that what once was a safe haven for truly eccentric, outsider artists is no longer that thing.
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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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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 do think it’s getting more and more rare in this country to raise a kid with the attitude that creativity is something valuable.
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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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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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The idea of trying to make the effort to produce something, to put something out into the world, rather than just taking in all the stuff the world’s putting out at you.
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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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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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Either thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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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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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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 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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