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It's psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you're trying to depict. You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.

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Adrian Tomine
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 31
Cartoonist
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Sacramento
California
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