But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
ADRIAN TOMINEThere’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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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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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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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.
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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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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 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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I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters – which, again, I take as something of a compliment.
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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 if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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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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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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