I think there’s this general hunger for greater diversity, where publishers are really excited about finding different voices than what has been done.
ADRIAN TOMINEYou start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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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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I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters – which, again, I take as something of a compliment.
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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 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 in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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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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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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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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Who was trying to be cool by writing about young people and a certain kind of Bay Area culture that I was tangentially a part of.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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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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 never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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