Summary
Included on Best of 2015 lists from Washington Post and Publishers Weekly! A New York Times bestseller!
“As a serious cartoonist, one secretly hopes to create “That Book” a book that can be passed to a literary-minded person who doesn’t normally read comics; one that doesn’t require any explanation or apology in advance and is developed enough in its attitude, humanity and complexity that it speaks maturely for itself… Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Dy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770462090 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770462090 |
| Author: | Adrian Tomine |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 667g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 169mm x 247mm |
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Critics Review
”[Adrian Tomine] is an emotional x-ray machine. All-seeing, all-knowing.” –Rachel Cooke, The Guardian
“One of the nation’s greatest and most versatile cartoonists.” –Scott Timberg, Salon
“Tomine may be my favorite comics artist – deft and subtle, with a bittersweet understanding of the tension between aspiration and loss.” –David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times
“Achingly human and divinely rendered.” –Kirkus
“A deft, deadpan masterpiece filled with heartache interspersed with the shock of beauty.” –Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine was born in 1974 in Sacramento, California. He began self-publishing his comic book series Optic Nerve when he was sixteen, and in 1994 he received an offer to publish from Drawn & Quarterly. His comics have been anthologized in publications such as McSweeney’s, Best American Comics, and Best American Nonrequired Reading. Both his graphic novel Shortcomings and his memoir The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist were named New York Times Notable Books of the year. Since 1999, Tomine has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters.
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