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.
ADRIAN TOMINEI started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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There 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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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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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 in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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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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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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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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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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 experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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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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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’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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