Not a great deal to say about this one, excellent graphic short stories, completely unexpected and cringey.Not in order?"Amber Sweet"Mistaken identity leads to a series of bad relationships and impossible expectations."Killing and Dying"Father-daughter bonding over bad stand-up comedy in the face of...
I always want to like Adrian Tomine but somehow he seems leaves me cold and I'm not exactly sure why. There just seems to be a key ingredient missing in most of the stories--like he's written 90% of the story and then just left out that one sweet moment or idea. He's like listening to your favorit...
A few weeks ago, I started a new campaign: to give Graphic Novels a fair shot. I've never read anything that could be considered a graphic novel, but for the next several months, I intend to read many, pushing forward until I just can't take it any more. I figured it would take a while for me to fin...
I doubt that Adrian Tomine sketched these stories out in a Denny's, but I'd like to believe that his heart, at least, was near a Denny's. These stories are about people whose lives interrupt their dreams. Unrealized dreams of artistic expression, love, family, success. It's a bit depressing at t...
Summer Blonde by Adrian Tomine is a collection of stories that often center around an awkward narrator trying to reclaim something lost or unattainable. In the first one a young novelist receives a postcard from a girl he had a crush on back in school. He becomes obsessed with the idea that after ...
Short essays on loneliness, post-adolescence, feeling of otherness. Excellent use of the medium that shows it's potential in handling short, largely emotional content where written description would weigh down and crush the experience for the reader. I'm greatly looking forward to more. A must for t...
Soft and yet gritty drawings of everyday life in Japan during the 70's. The sordid reality of the characters is very tangible in Tatsumi's work; however, it is balanced with light humor. This graphic medium has succeeded in bringing together the Japanese of today and yesterday, as well as bringing i...
I was the maid of honor in a wedding a few years ago, a wedding the groom had been planning his whole life. He had a vision, you see, and he wanted it to be perfect. Because the day was so important to him, my friend, his fiancee, shelved her desire to go to court and started planning a wedding.No...
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