American - Cartoonist | May 31, 1974 -
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
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'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.
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A lot of my fears come out in my work rather than life.
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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.
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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.
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I used to live in Chris Rock's former apartment. I've got some junk mail for him if he wants it.
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Most normal boys, as they're growing up, they - in order to become attractive, they might, you know, get good at sports or join a rock band or develop good social skills, and for some reason, I thought that drawing comic books might be my route.
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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.
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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.
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I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.
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When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.
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I enjoy getting any kind of mail. Like, for me, like, the more interesting a letter is, I just get more excited, and I know that this going to be great for my friends who are looking forward to reading that in my comic.
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