But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
ADRIAN TOMINEI’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.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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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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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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Look, there’s no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years.
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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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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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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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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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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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And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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