Whereas the graphic novel is now being held up as something to aspire to and as something that’s respectable for adults to read.
ADRIAN TOMINEThere were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
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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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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 wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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 think there’s this general hunger for greater diversity, where publishers are really excited about finding different voices than what has been done.
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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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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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’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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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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I’m also probably one of the few remaining holdouts who hasn’t consented to making the e-book versions of all my work, which is annoying to some of my publishers.
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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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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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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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