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 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.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine Look, there’s no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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