But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
ADRIAN TOMINEBut my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.
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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 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 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.
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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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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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But my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.
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For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that I was a young guy.
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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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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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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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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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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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