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.
ADRIAN TOMINEI think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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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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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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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.
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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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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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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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No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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But if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.
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I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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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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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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The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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