I think there’s this general hunger for greater diversity, where publishers are really excited about finding different voices than what has been done.
ADRIAN TOMINEJust in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it’s nice to not have to dread introductions.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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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 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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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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The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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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 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 never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that I was a young guy.
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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 started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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