Adrian Tomine on bringing
Adrian Tomine44 quotes“But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.”
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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.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on an envelope that, you know, it’s a big effort these days. So I often write back.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine Whereas the graphic novel is now being held up as something to aspire to and as something that’s respectable for adults to read.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine I think there’s this general hunger for greater diversity, where publishers are really excited about finding different voices than what has been done.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine “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.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine 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.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine If you’re changing diapers and going to the playground, any ambitions of being a cool guy have to fly out the window.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine 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 TomineAdrian Tomine 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.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine 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 TomineAdrian Tomine You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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