I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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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And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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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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But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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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.
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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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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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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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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 never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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 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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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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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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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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