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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
Basic
Because
Been
Concrete
Content
Harmed
Level
Life
Made
My Life
Primary
Priority
Regardless
Relationships
Times
Very
Work
design
copy
Readers often bring a different set of criteria to the work based on the format.
~ Adrian Tomine
Based
Bring
Criteria
Different
Format
Often
Readers
Set
Work
design
copy
The art editor in charge of the covers at the 'New Yorker' is Francoise Mouly. She's very familiar with the eccentricities and personalities of cartoonists, so working with her is very easy.
~ Adrian Tomine
Art
Cartoonists
Charge
Covers
Easy
Editor
Familiar
Her
New
New Yorker
Personalities
She
Very
Working
Yorker
design
copy
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
Anything
Basic
Care
Day
Days
Doing
Evenings
Five
Important
Kids
Like
Me
More
Most
Schedule
Something
Sometimes
Taking
Week
Weekends
Whenever
Work
design
copy
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
Basically
Comics
Going
How
Involves
Isolation
Knowing
Not Knowing
Received
Slow
Sometimes
Very
Work
Working
Years
design
copy
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
Artists
Comics
Immerse
Most
Read
Tried
Where
World
You
design
copy
The story entitled 'Good-Bye' is probably Tatsumi's most well-known work, and I think it's a good representation of many of Tatsumi's skills and stylistic tendencies.
~ Adrian Tomine
Entitled
Good
Good-Bye
I Think
Many
Most
Representation
Skills
Story
Stylistic
Tendencies
Think
Work
design
copy
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
Alternative
Cartooning
Comics
Distinction
Done
Entire
Generally
Grew
Hand
How
I Think
Line
Made
More
Person
Process
Production
Reading
Referred
Terms
Thing
Think
Type
Underground
Up
Were
Whether
Which
design
copy
There have been a handful of assignments over the years that I've had to turn down due to time constraints, and I was fairly envious when I saw the finished product, beautifully illustrated by someone else.
~ Adrian Tomine
Assignments
Beautifully
Been
Constraints
Down
Due
Else
Envious
Fairly
Finished
Finished Product
Had
Handful
Illustrated
Over
Product
Saw
Someone
Time
Turn
Years
design
copy
There's a lot of books that I've purchased simply because of the cover design. On the other hand, there's certain books that, even if I'm very curious about the content, I can't bring myself to buy if I really dislike the cover.
~ Adrian Tomine
About
Because
Books
Bring
Buy
Certain
Content
Cover
Curious
Design
Dislike
Even
Hand
Lot
Myself
Other
Purchased
Really
Simply
Very
design
copy
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
Accurate
Book
Everything
Feels
Frustrating
Gets
Keep
Like
Made
Manner
Me
Part
Pretty
Real
Real World
Really
Shortcomings
The Real World
Where
Working
World
design
copy
There's never been a moment where I sat down at my drawing board and thought, 'I'm a pro!'
~ Adrian Tomine
Been
Board
Down
Drawing
Moment
Never
Pro
Sat
Thought
Where
design
copy
To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.
~ Adrian Tomine
Artist
Honest
Invisible
Me
Perfectly
Up
Would
Would-Be
design
copy
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
Big
Choice
Doing
Fears
Getting
Going
Graphic
Halfway
Huge
Made
Me
Nightmare
Novel
Oh
Recurring
Style
Through
Which
Wrong
Yourself
design
copy
What was a very private childhood hobby turned into a very a public, professional job, and I think that there's a lot of inhibition that can grow from that.
~ Adrian Tomine
Childhood
Grow
Hobby
I Think
Job
Lot
Private
Professional
Public
Think
Turned
Very
design
copy
When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.
~ Adrian Tomine
Address
Along
Box
Came
Email
Internet
Just
Never
Publish
Stuck
design
copy
When I first started drawing the earliest incarnation of 'Optic Nerve,' I hadn't even been on a date; I hadn't had a romantic relationship of any kind yet, so in a way, I was almost writing science fiction.
~ Adrian Tomine
Almost
Any
Been
Date
Drawing
Earliest
Even
Fiction
First
Had
Incarnation
Kind
Nerve
Relationship
Romantic
Science
Science Fiction
Started
Way
Writing
design
copy
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
Assumed
Creating
Focus
Interest
Itself
Just
Lot
Publication
Started
Who
Work
Would
Would-Be
design
copy
When I started publishing my work, one of the biggest surprises to me was the recurring question about my background and why I wasn't doing more stories about Asian-Americans.
~ Adrian Tomine
About
Background
Biggest
Doing
Me
More
Publishing
Question
Recurring
Started
Stories
Surprises
Why
Work
design
copy
When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere.
~ Adrian Tomine
Anywhere
Could
Drafting
Really
Sitting
Studio
Table
design
copy
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