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.
ADRIAN TOMINEYou start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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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 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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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 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 started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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Either thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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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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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 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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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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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