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.
ADRIAN TOMINEWhereas 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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“What you do for a living?” It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics.
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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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But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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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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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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I do think it’s getting more and more rare in this country to raise a kid with the attitude that creativity is something valuable.
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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 started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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