The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
ADRIAN TOMINEBut not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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I sense a real difference in my work from the time I was younger and single and more involved in the world of music and going out to bars and all that.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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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’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 started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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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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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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