But if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.
ADRIAN TOMINEBut there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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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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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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There’s been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn’t make a definitive statement about this.
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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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The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.
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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.
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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 never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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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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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’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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I think there’s this general hunger for greater diversity, where publishers are really excited about finding different voices than what has been done.
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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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And now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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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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