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.

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

It's a strange thing to be a so-called alternative cartoonist, because in the early part of my career, I was really tethered to the superhero world.

It's a strange thing to be a so-called alternative cartoonist, because in the early part of my career, I was really tethered to the superhero world.

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

Most of my work - including everything from my own comics to the covers I've drawn for 'The New Yorker' - is the result of taking some personal experience or observation and then fictionalizing it to a degree.

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

For a lot of the time I was in Berkeley, I was single. I was living in a kind of collegiate apartment by myself - it was like a protracted summer vacation. So at least in hindsight, I have gloomy emotions attached to Berkeley, whereas I started coming to New York because I was dating someone, and it was very exciting and romantic.

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

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