But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
ADRIAN TOMINEUnderground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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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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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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I sense a real difference in my work from the time I was younger and single and more involved in the world of music and going out to bars and all that.
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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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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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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 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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But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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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 started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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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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There 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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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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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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