Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes - the outsider, the loner - it can have a real… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
The first time I did a reading/signing thing at Cody's, the woman who did the introduction said something like that, and I… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
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 Image
I think when I finally got it in my head that I was going to do the story, I wanted to avoid… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
In terms of e-books, though, I haven't quite gotten to the bottom of it yet, but for some reason everybody I know… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I certainly wasn't consciously hiding my identity in the earlier work, though a lot of people have brought up the fact that… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
And also, as a consumer now, it's weird that when I used to go to a book signing I would leave with… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
When I talk to people who have teenagers now, their rooms are filled with screens. There are their phones and their DVD… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
There are some people who may not like precision in their art. They may like it to be grittier and more gestural,… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
There's also an immediacy to everything that has changed everybody's expectations. Now if I can't get a hold of somebody on their… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters' thoughts and realizations, either through thought balloons… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
When people see me struggling on paper, I think it invites an almost collaborative relationship with the outside world, and that includes… — 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
A lot of the kinship that people notice is not coincidental. I was very impressionable and trying to find my role models… — 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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
