Look, there’s no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years.
ADRIAN TOMINENo one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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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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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 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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“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.
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It’s psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you’re trying to depict.
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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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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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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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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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