No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
ADRIAN TOMINEWhen email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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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 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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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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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 think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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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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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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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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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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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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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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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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