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 TOMINEI get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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“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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But if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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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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I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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