I think there’s this general hunger for greater diversity, where publishers are really excited about finding different voices than what has been done.
ADRIAN TOMINEBut not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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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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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 wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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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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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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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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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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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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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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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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It’s psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you’re trying to depict.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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