I think there’s this general hunger for greater diversity, where publishers are really excited about finding different voices than what has been done.
ADRIAN TOMINEThere 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 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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But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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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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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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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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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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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 think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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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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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 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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The loner – it can have a real impact on the art when they realize, I have friends, I’m married, or I have kids. That’s certainly happened to me.
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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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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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