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Adrian Tomine quotes: For a long time, I was very resistant to the idea of online publication or even e-books or something like that.

For a long time, I was very resistant to the idea of online publication or even e-books or something like that.

Adrian Tomine quotes: Maybe you're not even in a position to really judge how good your kid is at that endeavor.

Maybe you're not even in a position to really judge how good your kid is at that endeavor.

Adrian Tomine quotes: Fortunately, I've never had to be too critical of my own work, because the world is critical enough.

Fortunately, I've never had to be too critical of my own work, because the world is critical enough.

Adrian Tomine quotes: There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs.

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 quotes: I grew up with a very romantic, idealized vision of New York, probably because of all the books I read and the movies I watched.

I grew up with a very romantic, idealized vision of New York, probably because of all the books I read and the movies I watched.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I used to live in Chris Rock's former apartment. I've got some junk mail for him if he wants it.

I used to live in Chris Rock's former apartment. I've got some junk mail for him if he wants it.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I had a mundane, happy childhood, without much struggle.

I had a mundane, happy childhood, without much struggle.

Adrian Tomine quotes: 'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.

'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.

I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.

Adrian Tomine quotes: Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.

Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.

Adrian Tomine quotes: The most impactful comics that I've read are the ones where the artists swung for the bleachers and tried to immerse you in their world.

The most impactful comics that I've read are the ones where the artists swung for the bleachers and tried to immerse you in their world.

Adrian Tomine quotes: A lot of my fears come out in my work rather than life.

A lot of my fears come out in my work rather than life.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I was just taking my sketchbook to Kinko's and making photocopies and hand-assembling them - folding them over and stapling them.

I was just taking my sketchbook to Kinko's and making photocopies and hand-assembling them - folding them over and stapling them.

Adrian Tomine quotes: Readers often bring a different set of criteria to the work based on the format.

Readers often bring a different set of criteria to the work based on the format.

Adrian Tomine quotes: It's important to make a distinction between becoming more precise and becoming better.

It's important to make a distinction between becoming more precise and becoming better.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I wanted to be as invisible as possible as an artist. I wanted to differentiate between myself and who I'm writing about.

I wanted to be as invisible as possible as an artist. I wanted to differentiate between myself and who I'm writing about.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.

I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.

Adrian Tomine quotes: It's absolutely chilling to think that I've been working on a comic-book series called 'Optic Nerve' since I was sixteen.

It's absolutely chilling to think that I've been working on a comic-book series called 'Optic Nerve' since I was sixteen.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.

I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I'm getting to a point in my life where my whole attitude about the relationship between myself and the audience is totally different.

I'm getting to a point in my life where my whole attitude about the relationship between myself and the audience is totally different.

Adrian Tomine quotes: When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere.

When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I wanted all the responsibility to rest on the content of the story. I tried to make the visual style almost invisible.

I wanted all the responsibility to rest on the content of the story. I tried to make the visual style almost invisible.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I think that if you are looking at a comic that's made by one person, that there's just a level of intimacy that I don't really see anywhere else.

I think that if you are looking at a comic that's made by one person, that there's just a level of intimacy that I don't really see anywhere else.

Adrian Tomine quotes: You start to get nervous when the value of a comic book or graphic novel is relative to the achievements of some other medium.

You start to get nervous when the value of a comic book or graphic novel is relative to the achievements of some other medium.

Adrian Tomine quotes: It's a strange thing to be a so-called alternative cartoonist, because in the early part of my career, I was really tethered to the superhero world.

It's a strange thing to be a so-called alternative cartoonist, because in the early part of my career, I was really tethered to the superhero world.

Adrian Tomine quotes: IT'S COLD WATER IN THE FACE TO REALIZE YOU'RE NOT NEARLY AS SPECIAL AND AS UNUSUAL AS YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT WHEN YOU WERE AN ALIENATED TEENAGER.

IT'S COLD WATER IN THE FACE TO REALIZE YOU'RE NOT NEARLY AS SPECIAL AND AS UNUSUAL AS YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT WHEN YOU WERE AN ALIENATED TEENAGER.

Adrian Tomine quotes: My 20s were peaceful, privileged, but still I felt the desire to write angsty dramas.

My 20s were peaceful, privileged, but still I felt the desire to write angsty dramas.

Adrian Tomine quotes: One of the by-products of being allowed to start my professional career prematurely is that the evolution of my work is really evident.

One of the by-products of being allowed to start my professional career prematurely is that the evolution of my work is really evident.

Adrian Tomine quotes: When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.

When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.

Adrian Tomine quotes: To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.

To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I think when I finally got it in my head that I was going to do the story, I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to

I think when I finally got it in my head that I was going to do the story, I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.

Adrian Tomine quotes: All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.

All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was a different thing.

I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was a different thing.

Adrian Tomine quotes: A lot of the qualities in 'Killing and Dying' is sort of a response to work I'd done previously. I wanted to push myself in some different directions.

A lot of the qualities in 'Killing and Dying' is sort of a response to work I'd done previously. I wanted to push myself in some different directions.

Adrian Tomine quotes: The comics work is very slow, and it basically involves working for sometimes years in isolation and not knowing how the work is going to be received.

The comics work is very slow, and it basically involves working for sometimes years in isolation and not knowing how the work is going to be received.

Adrian Tomine quotes: THE EXPERIENCE OF READING A COMIC SHOULD NOT BE THE TIME IT TAKES TO TURN EACH PAGE.

THE EXPERIENCE OF READING A COMIC SHOULD NOT BE THE TIME IT TAKES TO TURN EACH PAGE.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.

I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I intentionally approached each story in 'Killing and Dying' in a different way, and that includes the writing process.

I intentionally approached each story in 'Killing and Dying' in a different way, and that includes the writing process.

Adrian Tomine quotes: There's never been a moment where I sat down at my drawing board and thought, 'I'm a pro!'

There's never been a moment where I sat down at my drawing board and thought, 'I'm a pro!'

Adrian Tomine quotes: I would honestly be elated if I could wave a magic wand and eradicate my back catalog and then have a fresh crack at some of those ideas.

I would honestly be elated if I could wave a magic wand and eradicate my back catalog and then have a fresh crack at some of those ideas.

Adrian Tomine quotes: 'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read.

'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing.

I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I'm sometimes a cartoonist, and there's an audience for that, and I'm sometimes an illustrator, and there's an audience for that.

I'm sometimes a cartoonist, and there's an audience for that, and I'm sometimes an illustrator, and there's an audience for that.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I've always published a range of responses to my work in the letters section of my comic book.

I've always published a range of responses to my work in the letters section of my comic book.

Adrian Tomine quotes: I'm an unabashed fan of 'The New Yorker.' I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there.

I'm an unabashed fan of 'The New Yorker.' I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there.