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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
The type of cartooning that I think is generally referred to as 'alternative' or 'underground' is usually - the distinction is usually in terms of whether it's made by one person, the entire thing is done by one hand or more of a production line process, which is how the comics that we grew up reading were made. Adrian Tomine
Made Reading Think Type Distinction Cartooning Entire More Generally Terms Underground Alternative How Comics Line Were Referred Hand Up Person Done Grew Process Whether Which Production Thing
I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents. Adrian Tomine
Parents Living Comic Still While Publishing Started
The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was to be indifferent to that difference. Al Capp
World Live Else Secret Everyone Everyone Else Embarrassment Indifferent Without How Difference Different The Secret Of Which Resentment
Like all New York hotel lady cashiers she had red hair and had been disappointed in her first husband. Al Capp
Husband Hair First Red Hair Had Disappointed Red Hotel New Like She Been York New York Lady Her
The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke. Al Capp
You Keys Piano Poke Like Know Just Public
My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it. Al Capp
Work Day One Day Destroyed Wrapping Someone Almost Soon Read Printed Fish Being Next
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