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Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
American Cartoonist
Born: May 31, 1974
Book Made Me Myself Think Work
Related authors: Bil Keane Bill Watterson Caroll Spinney Charles M. Schulz Gary Larson Matt Groening Scott Adams Walt Disney
For a lot of the time I was in Berkeley, I was single. I was living in a kind of collegiate apartment by myself - it was like a protracted summer vacation. So at least in hindsight, I have gloomy emotions attached to Berkeley, whereas I started coming to New York because I was dating someone, and it was very exciting and romantic. Adrian Tomine
Time Myself Emotions Single Living Summer Berkeley Kind Someone Attached Dating Exciting New Like Gloomy Because Hindsight Protracted Least Coming Lot Very York New York Romantic Whereas Apartment Vacation Started
When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere. Adrian Tomine
Table Could Studio Sitting Anywhere Really Drafting
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
Think Nerve Absolutely Since Been Sixteen Chilling Working Series
I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish. Adrian Tomine
Publish Think Books Response New Cover Five Get Yorker New Yorker
'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read. Adrian Tomine
Before Back Life-Long Could Read Going Influence Even Peanuts
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
Work Myself Response Some Directions Push Qualities Sort Lot Done Different Wanted Dying Different Directions
I'm an unabashed fan of 'The New Yorker.' I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there. Adrian Tomine
See Feel New Proud Yorker Artwork Fan New Yorker
When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address. Adrian Tomine
Internet Publish Address Email Stuck Never Along Box Came Just
Readers often bring a different set of criteria to the work based on the format. Adrian Tomine
Work Criteria Readers Often Different Format Based Bring Set
There's never been a moment where I sat down at my drawing board and thought, 'I'm a pro!' Adrian Tomine
Thought Down Drawing Never Been Pro Where Board Moment Sat
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
Sometimes Cartoonist Audience Illustrator
Most of my work - including everything from my own comics to the covers I've drawn for 'The New Yorker' - is the result of taking some personal experience or observation and then fictionalizing it to a degree. Adrian Tomine
Work Experience Result Degree Own Everything Drawn Some My Own Observation Taking New Most Comics Covers Personal Yorker Personal Experience New Yorker Then Including
I'm not the kind of person who would throw himself into some exciting or dangerous situation just to get material. So I tend to go about my normal, boring life and just try to look at things a little more closely. Adrian Tomine
Life Dangerous Try Situation Kind Would Boring Some About More Tend Throw Exciting Look Himself Material Go Normal Person Get Closely Just Little Who Things
I never really thought of myself as an Asian-American cartoonist, any more than I thought of myself as a cartoonist who wears glasses. Adrian Tomine
Myself Glasses Thought Cartoonist Wears More Never Than Any Asian-American Really Who
I hated 'Dilbert.' Adrian Tomine
Hated
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
Myself Writing Possible About Invisible Between Artist Wanted Who Differentiate
I love the idea of trying to do the work of old-fashioned novelists of plotting and of really making you curious about what's going to happen next and all that, but also trying to load it up with your weird thoughts and opinions. Adrian Tomine
Work Love Thoughts You Plotting About Idea Weird Also Opinions Making Up Curious Trying Going Happen Really Next Your Old-Fashioned Novelists Load
'Drawn & Quarterly' has always given me complete editorial control over my books and comics, so any decision about what to include or exclude from the book was my own. Adrian Tomine
Me Book Decision Own Control Complete Books Drawn About My Own Given Exclude Over Always Editorial Comics Any Include
To me, one of the big fears of doing a big huge graphic novel is locking yourself into one style and getting halfway through it and going, 'Oh I made the wrong choice,' which is a recurring nightmare I have. Adrian Tomine
Me Yourself Made Fears Big Style Locking Through Recurring Wrong Halfway Doing Huge Getting Going Oh Which Choice Graphic Novel Nightmare
On a very basic, concrete level, there have been times when my work, regardless of the content, has harmed relationships because I made that work such a primary priority in my life. Adrian Tomine
Life Work Made My Life Relationships Primary Content Because Priority Concrete Been Very Times Regardless Basic Level Harmed
I do think that many Americans have a limited view of what constitutes Japanese cartooning based on what gets translated, so it's great to see an increase in diversity. Adrian Tomine
Great Diversity Think Increase Cartooning See Limited American Gets Japanese Translated View Many Based
To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist. Adrian Tomine
Me Would Would-Be Perfectly Invisible Up Artist Honest
There's a part of me that feels like it gets really frustrating to keep working in the manner that I made the book 'Shortcomings,' where everything is pretty accurate to the real world. Adrian Tomine
Me Book World Made Everything Pretty Part Feels Like Real Accurate Gets Where The Real World Real World Frustrating Shortcomings Manner Really Working Keep
'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am. Adrian Tomine
Me Out Am Shortcomings Who Figuring
A lot of my fears come out in my work rather than life. Adrian Tomine
Life Work Fears Out Rather Come Lot Than
I think comics can be the basis for great films, but I think the focus of such a project should be on making the film as good as possible, not on painstakingly replicating the comic. Adrian Tomine
Good Great Focus Think Films Project Possible Comic Making Comics Should Film Basis
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