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.
ADRIAN TOMINEI never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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Who was trying to be cool by writing about young people and a certain kind of Bay Area culture that I was tangentially a part of.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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For me, like, the more interesting a letter is I just get more excited and I know that this going to be great for my friends who are looking forward to reading that in my comic.
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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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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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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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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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