There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
ADRIAN TOMINEThere’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it’s nice to not have to dread introductions.
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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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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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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 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 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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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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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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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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 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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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