Adrian Tomine
Birth date: May 31, 1974
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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 ...
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