I guess there's just a part of me that's not very enthusiastic about finding myself ten years from now halfway through a story that may or may not be any good. Adrian Tomine More Quotes by Adrian Tomine More Quotes From Adrian Tomine I had a mundane, happy childhood, without much struggle. Adrian Tomine without childhood struggle happy New York is a brutally expensive place to live, and the kind of person who might have the dedication and esoteric taste to make the comics that I would really love is finding it more relaxing to live elsewhere. Adrian Tomine place dedication love-is love I was thinking about what it was like for my parents to have a strange kid with a hobby or a pursuit that maybe they weren't that familiar with. It must have been a strange experience - nerve-wracking, in some ways. Adrian Tomine parents experience strange thinking I really love New York, but I have to say, the humidity during the summer is a nightmare for a cartoonist. Not only am I sweating in my studio, my bristol board is curling up, the drafting tape is peeling off the board, my Rapidograph pens bleed the minute I put them to paper... it's a disaster. Adrian Tomine say new disaster love When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere. Adrian Tomine anywhere table studio sitting My responsibility is to present things in a way that is realistic and true to the multifaceted world I've known... This is how I think the world is, not how it should be. Adrian Tomine think responsibility way world I don't pick up my work at all. If it's something that's still in progress and I have the chance to make some edits on the material or think about the order, little things like that, I'll keep those stories at hand and go through them. But once it exists as the book, it's locked away in a vault, and I kind of put it behind me. Adrian Tomine me little-things progress work 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 chilling working been think I'm not the best person to analyze any kind of evolution in my work, but I do feel like it's been an ongoing struggle to basically teach myself how to tell the kinds of stories that interest me in comics form. Adrian Tomine best myself me work 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 wrong doing everything time I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish. Adrian Tomine i-think books new think 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 tried where you world I've always published a range of responses to my work in the letters section of my comic book. Adrian Tomine always letters work book When I started creating my work for publication, I just assumed that the focus would be on the work itself and that there wouldn't be a lot of interest in who was creating the work. Adrian Tomine just creating focus work Even though I'm usually not conscious of it, I think drawing has always served a sort of therapeutic purpose in my life. There's something about the process of translating the messy chaos of real life into a clean, simple drawing that's always been comforting to me. Adrian Tomine my-life me simple life For a long time, I was very resistant to the idea of online publication or even e-books or something like that. Adrian Tomine something long-time time long The basic work schedule for me is whenever I'm not doing anything more important, like taking care of my kids or something. So, it's most of the day, five days a week, most evenings and sometimes on the weekends. Adrian Tomine day me work sometimes 'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read. Adrian Tomine going even back influence I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing. Adrian Tomine i-think think influence work My early comics are really reflective of being kind of a befuddled, single loser in the Bay Area, and I think having kids has been by far the most profound impact on me as a person and as an artist. Adrian Tomine think me loser artist
