Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it’s nice to not have to dread introductions.
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.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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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’m also probably one of the few remaining holdouts who hasn’t consented to making the e-book versions of all my work, which is annoying to some of my publishers.
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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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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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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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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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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’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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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 wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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Look, there’s no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years.
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