I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
ADRIAN TOMINEI 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.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters – which, again, I take as something of a compliment.
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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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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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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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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 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’m very grateful for it. But at the same time, it’s not a subculture-y thing anymore; it’s something that’s in the New York Times and the New Yorker.
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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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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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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.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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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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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.
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