There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
ADRIAN TOMINEBut not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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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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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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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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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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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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I’m very grateful for it. But at the same time, it’s not a subculture-y thing anymore; it’s something that’s in the New York Times and the New Yorker.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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