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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

Topics: About Always Been Chaos Clean Comforting Conscious Drawing Even Life Me Messy My Life Process Purpose Real Real Life Served Simple Something Sort Therapeutic Think Though Translating I Think

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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

Topics: How Known Multifaceted Present Realistic Responsibility Should Things Think True Way World I Think

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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

Topics: About Away Behind Book Chance Edit Exists Go Hand Keep Kind Like Little Little Things Locked Make Material Me Once Order Pick Progress Put Some Something Still Stories Them Things Think Those Through Up Vault Work

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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

Topics: Audience Cartoonist Illustrator Sometimes

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I had a mundane, happy childhood, without much struggle.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: Childhood Had Happy Happy Childhood Much Mundane Struggle Without

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'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: Back Before Could Even Going Influence Peanuts Read

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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

Topics: Childhood Grow Hobby Job Lot Private Professional Public Think Turned Very I Think

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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

Topics: Beach Capturing Coast Feel Find Homesick Inspiration Place Smaller Stories Take Towns West West Coast I Feel

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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.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: Any Comic Enjoy Excited Forward Friends Get Getting Going Great Interesting Just Kind Know Letter Like Looking Looking Forward Mail Me More Reading Who

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I had relatives who would go to Japan and bring back random stuff they bought at the airport or whatever - 'Ultraman' and 'Speed Racer,' stuff like that.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: Airport Back Bought Bring Go Had Japan Like Racer Random Relatives Speed Stuff Whatever Who Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Cartoonist

Born: May 31st, 1974

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