I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters – which, again, I take as something of a compliment.
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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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I’m also probably one of the few remaining holdouts who hasn’t consented to making the e-book versions of all my work, which is annoying to some of my publishers.
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“What you do for a living?” It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics.
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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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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 think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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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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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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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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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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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Either thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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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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