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.
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.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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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 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 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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Either thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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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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No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
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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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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 started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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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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That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto.
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