false 43554 227350 1897299168 9781897299166 396 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256470143m/227350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256470143s/227350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227350.Shortcomings 3.64 1901 Shortcomings, Adrian Tomine's first long-form graphic novel, is the story of Ben Tanaka, a confused, obsessive Japanese American male in his late twenties, and his cross-country search for contentment (or at least the perfect girl). Along the way, Tomine tackles modern culture, sexual mores, and racial politics with brutal honesty and lacerating, irreverent humor, while deftly bringing to life a cast of painfully real antihero characters. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Tomine has acquired a cultlike fan following and has earned status as one of the most widely acclaimed cartoonists of our time.</div><div>
Shortcomings was serialized in Tomine's iconic comic book series Optic Nerve and was excerpted in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13.</div></div>]]> 43554 3.82 5046 639 2007 76579 1896597572 9781896597577 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170895467m/76579.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170895467s/76579.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76579.Summer_Blonde 3.95 1020 Optic Nerve is finally collected into one sharp-looking hardcover volume. Described as the Raymond Carver of comix, Tomine constructs tales of emotional disconnection with an ear for painfully real dialogue. Combined with his deft black and white depictions of urbane lifestyles, Tomine’s fans have often accused him of eavesdropping in on their most intimate moments and, with forensic skill, laying their lives bare. The conflicts between emotional gratification, narcissistic neediness and moral discernment mark the title story in which a socially crippled man nurses an obsessive crush on a young woman. He watches close up, paralyzed by his guilt, as her beauty catches the eye of his neighbor: a hip, selfish young man with a short attention span. One of Optic Nerve’s most popular stories, `Hawaiian Getaway,` features Hilary, telephone service rep who is having the worst week of her life. She lost her job, her apartment, and her grandmother. Close to the edge, she is losing her grip. Reaching out to random strangers on the phone, Hilary is looking for someone to help her. In "Alter Ego" a successful young author has writer`s block. He can`t, or won`t, decide between another ghostwriting gig and finishing his second ‘real’ novel. He stalls on committing to his novel and his girlfriend when a chance postcard leads him to flirt with fantasies of changing the past. Finally, "Bomb Scare" documents the early unease of his generation by setting this coming-of-age story during the tense months of the Gulf War, the event that ushered in the 1990s.
</div>]]> 43554 3.82 5046 639 2002 76575 1896597122 9781896597126 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170895465m/76575.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170895465s/76575.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76575.Sleepwalk_and_Other_Stories 4.02 675 </div>]]> 43554 3.82 5046 639 1997 76574 1896597009 9781896597003 44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213812751m/76574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213812751s/76574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76574.32_Stories_The_Complete_Optic_Nerve_Mini_Comics 3.73 606 Optic Nerve. Consisting of three xeroxed sheets of paper, and with a print run of twenty-five, it was a less-than-auspicious, largely unnoticed debut. In the following three years, though, Optic Nerve developed at a startlingly rapid pace: the artwork and writing evolved with each story, production quality improved, page counts increased, and by issue seven, sales had reached 6,000. In 1994, Drawn & Quarterly took over the publishing duties of Optic Nerve, and the original seven issues sold out and were left out of print. 32 stories presents these rare, early editions, collected for the first time in a single volume.
</div>]]> 43554 3.82 5046 639 1995 76573 1896597777 9781896597775 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170895464m/76573.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170895464s/76573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76573.Scrapbook 3.71 238 Pulse to The New Yorker and Esquire, collected together for the first time in one sharply-designed book.

Scrapbook is the first comprehensive Adrian Tomnie collection. here you'll find the complete run of strips which was originally published in Tower Records' Pulse Magazine which Adrian started when he was only 17, along with comics originally published in Details and a host of other magazines of the past decade. A large section of Scrapbook is dedicated to Tomine's extensive illustration and design work, featuring his best material over the years from virtually every major publication in America including The New Yorker, Details, Esquire, and the late JFK Jr.-edited George. Tomines' art has also graced popular album covers and posters for bands such as The Eels and Weezer and posters and its' all included here in this beautifully packaged book.
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