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.
ADRIAN TOMINEI think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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I think, to its credit, this is one of the last forms of popular entertainment that I don’t sense to be discriminatory in any way.
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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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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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The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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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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And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it’s nice to not have to dread introductions.
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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 get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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.
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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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But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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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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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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