black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

“What you do for a living?” It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics.

Adrian Tomine

No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Balck Comic Doing might Riches Route
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.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Art Friend Happened Impact Loner Married Realize
But if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Ate Comic Hand Lunch Mini Read
“What you do for a living?” It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Comic Easier Explain Illustrator Living Magazine People Tell
Look, there’s no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Comic Country Culture Dramatically Especially Grateful People Year
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 TOMINE

Annoying Book Holdout Making Probably Publisher Remaining Version
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.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Evolution Happened Intangible Lot Term Thinking Way
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.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Artist Bad Character Filmmaker Important Impression Off Show Trying
But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Comic Kind Pornography Used
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.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Comic Excited Forward Friend Going Great Interesting Letter Looking More Reading
I think, to its credit, this is one of the last forms of popular entertainment that I don’t sense to be discriminatory in any way.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Credit Entertainment Forum Last Popular Thinking Voice
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.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Effort Envelope Going People Stamp Writing
There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Definitely Lot Progress Recently Statement
Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it’s nice to not have to dread introductions.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Able Artist Dread Introduction Nice People Professional Term
There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Flirtatious Myself Point Positively Reflect Trying Work
I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
ADRIAN TOMINE

Artist Boy Demographic Professional Sort Stereotypical Teenage Term

“What you do for a living?” It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

“What you do for a living?” It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Adrian Tomine Quotes