I’m getting to a point in my life where my whole attitude about the relationship between myself and the audience is totally different.
ADRIAN TOMINEEither thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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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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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
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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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And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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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 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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And with this sort of increased visibility, there’s more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who gets into the business as a creator, who sticks with it, and who gets pushed out.
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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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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 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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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 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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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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But my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.
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