Top 72 Quotes by Adrian Tomine

About Adrian Tomine

These are some quotes by American author Adrian Tomine Cartoonist, who was born on May 31, 1974.

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

To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.

To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.

Adrian Tomine

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.

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

I'm an unabashed fan of 'The New Yorker.' I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there.

I'm an unabashed fan of 'The New Yorker.' I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there.

Adrian Tomine

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

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

Adrian Tomine

In general, daily strips were just a regular part of my childhood. So even if I wasn't a huge fan of most of those strips, I still read them religiously every morning while I ate my cereal.

In general, daily strips were just a regular part of my childhood. So even if I wasn't a huge fan of most of those strips, I still read them religiously every morning while I ate my cereal.

Adrian Tomine

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Adrian Tomine

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

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