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.
ADRIAN TOMINELook, 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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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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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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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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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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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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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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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I think, to its credit, this is one of the last forms of popular entertainment that I don’t sense to be discriminatory in any way.
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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 started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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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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