Adrian Tomine Quotes

There was a manga boom, so I read 'Astro Boy,' 'Osomatsu-kun,' and such. But what influenced me the most were things like 'Popeye' and Disney animation.

I watch a lot of Disney.

I was an avid anime watcher until I was about 10, when I moved to manga. I think I am influenced by Osamu Tezuka's and Walt Disney's works which I watched during that time, such as Tetsuwan Atom and 101 Dalmatians.

'Power Rangers' has changed a lot of lives.

I was a huge fan of 'Mad' magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I'd scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I'd wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.

When I watch 'Glee', it reminds me of my upbringing.

Growing up, I really liked 'Star Wars.' Han Solo would've been really cool to meet. But my stuff was real low-brow. I was watching 'Bugs Bunny.'

I owe a lot to Nickelodeon.

But now I have a lot of little kids who watched Invader Zim whenever they could find it on television.

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

I loved 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.' It was such a big part of my childhood.

The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.

I've watched 'Family Guy,' growing up and throughout my whole life.

I wish I had been a child when the Smurfs came on television.

When I was 9, I saw 'Star Wars,' and it set me on a path to where I am today.

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy. How can I ever forget them.

I'm not the most sophisticated person. I'm not the smartest person in the world. But, I know what makes me excited about life, from Spielberg movies to Michael Jackson music videos to cartoons on Saturday mornings, which made my childhood.

I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons'. That was actually a good cartoon to me.

Godzilla. The big, green G-man has had a profound influence on my creative endeavors and imagination since I was blueberry-avoiding kid.

I started watching 'Star Trek' as a kid.

I used to read comics when I was a kid.

Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.

In the pie chart of my brain growing up, there's a huge slice for 'Ghostbusters.'

Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.

When I was a kid, 'Scooby Doo' was, hands down, my favorite cartoon. Even when I was older, when I was in college studying and I needed to tune out for a while, I'd watch 'Scooby Doo.'