I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
ADRIAN TOMINEI think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters – which, again, I take as something of a compliment.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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There are certain artists and filmmakers who, I get the impression, are trying to show off how bad their characters can be, how immoral their characters can be.
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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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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.
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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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I sense a real difference in my work from the time I was younger and single and more involved in the world of music and going out to bars and all that.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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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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Either thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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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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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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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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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.
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