Whereas the graphic novel is now being held up as something to aspire to and as something that’s respectable for adults to read.
ADRIAN TOMINEWhereas 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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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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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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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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But my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.
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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 never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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Look, there’s no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years.
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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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I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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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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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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The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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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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Either thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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