You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
ADRIAN TOMINEBut if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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The idea of trying to make the effort to produce something, to put something out into the world, rather than just taking in all the stuff the world’s putting out at you.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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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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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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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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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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