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.
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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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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But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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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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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’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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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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I’m very grateful for it. But at the same time, it’s not a subculture-y thing anymore; it’s something that’s in the New York Times and the New Yorker.
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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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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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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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 never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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