The idea of trying to make the effort to produce something, to put something out into the world, rather than just taking in all the stuff the world’s putting out at you.
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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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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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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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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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But if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.
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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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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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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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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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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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