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.
ADRIAN TOMINEI’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.
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For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that I was a young guy.
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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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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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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 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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But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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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 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 never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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And with this sort of increased visibility, there’s more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who gets into the business as a creator, who sticks with it, and who gets pushed out.
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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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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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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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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.
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