But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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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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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And I do think it’s sort of too bad that what once was a safe haven for truly eccentric, outsider artists is no longer that thing.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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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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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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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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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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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