Adrian Tomine Quotes - Page 3

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• I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn't make a definitive statement about this, 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.

  Adrian Tomine

  Teenage, Artist, Boys

  Source: therumpus.net

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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. "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, but not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it's not pornography, etc. And now people even of our parents' generation are familiar with the term "graphic novel," which is kind of amazing.

  Adrian Tomine

  Nice, Artist, People

  Source: therumpus.net

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• 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. 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. But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.

  Adrian Tomine

  Artist, Safe Haven, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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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, and for someone like me who's always tried to make a living at it, it's been great, 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.

  Adrian Tomine

  New York, Grateful, Years

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes - the outsider, 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.

  Adrian Tomine

  Art, Attitude, Real

  Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.

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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. There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.

  Adrian Tomine

  Art, Real, Differences

  Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.

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• I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters' thoughts and realizations, either through thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.

  Adrian Tomine

  Character, People, Realization

  Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.

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• When people see me struggling on paper, I think it invites an almost collaborative relationship with the outside world, and that includes readers and other artists.

  Adrian Tomine

  Struggle, Artist, Thinking

  Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.

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