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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

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I started my career so early and developed in print for better or for worse, so I think there's a sense some of my earliest readers are kind of copilots on this voyage with me.

~Adrian Tomine

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I hated 'Dilbert.'

~Adrian Tomine

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My 20s were peaceful, privileged, but still I felt the desire to write angsty dramas.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: Desire Dramas Felt Peaceful Privileged Still Were Write

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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

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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

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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

Topics: About Also Curious Going Happen Idea Load Love Making Next Novelists Old-Fashioned Opinions Plotting Really Thoughts Trying Up Weird Work You Your I Love

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For a long time, I was very resistant to the idea of online publication or even e-books or something like that.

~Adrian Tomine

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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

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'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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Cartoonist

Born: May 31st, 1974

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