I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
You start to get nervous when the value of a comic book or graphic novel is relative to the achievements of some… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
For me, like, the more interesting a letter is I just get more excited and I know that this going to be… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn't an issue. No one would get into doing… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto,… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I've always been really impressed with some of the longer graphic novels and thought it would be really amazing if one day… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I was very aware of the fact that there are a lot of comics out there that I love, because I've grown… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the bells and whistles that become available to you would be impossible to resist for some people,… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Look, there's no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years, and… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites. But if there was a mini-comic here… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I get nervous about the effect that the high speed of everything will have on creativity. It's already sad for me to… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think most cartoonists are solitary, lonely kids who use their work as a way to try to connect with the world.… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it's nice to not have to dread introductions. "What… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes - the outsider, the loner - it can have a real impact on… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
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… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on an envelope… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
The first time I did a reading/signing thing at Cody's, the woman who did the introduction said something like that, and I wasn't the… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
Basically, I know there's no turning back the clock, and it's sort of pointless to mourn what has passed, but I don't know if… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that I was… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
I wanted all the responsibility to rest on the content of the story. I tried to make the visual style almost invisible. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
I've always been really impressed with some of the longer graphic novels and thought it would be really amazing if one day I could… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
Without fail, every cartoonist that I asked advice from bent over backward to be helpful and encouraging. It took many forms: some of it… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
I'm always pointing things out to native New Yorkers that I think are weird about this place and their culture and all that. But… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share
