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 TOMINEFor 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.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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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There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
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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 get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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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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 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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It’s psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you’re trying to depict.
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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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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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And I do think it’s sort of too bad that what once was a safe haven for truly eccentric, outsider artists is no longer that thing.
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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 think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters – which, again, I take as something of a compliment.
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