32 Stories [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover]

Adrian Tomine (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 12, 2009

The comics that first launched Tomine into his luminary career, in a special-edition box set

Redesigned to coincide with the release of Shortcomings in paperback is a brand-new edition of Adrian Tomine’s first book, 32 Stories, that collects his inaugural mini-comics in a special edition. This onetime printing includes facsimile reprints of the seven mini-comics packaged in a slipcase, as well as an additional pamphlet containing a new introduction and notes by Tomine.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Adrian Tomine is the critically acclaimed cartoonist of the comic book series Optic Nerve; the graphic novels 32 Stories, Sleepwalk, Summer Blonde, and Shortcomings; and the art book Scrapbook. He is also an illustrator for The New Yorker, Esquire, and Rolling Stone, and his stories have appeared in The Best American Nonrequired Reading and An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Tomine lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 104 pages
• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly; Special Edition edition (May 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1897299761
• ISBN-13: 978-1897299760
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Publishers > Drawn and Quarterly

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A book with limited appeal, November 4, 2009

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Pipsqueak (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 32 Stories (Hardcover)

If you're only looking to read a comic book with high-quality printing and stunning illustration, this is not the purchase you'd want to make. I'd recommend you buy Tomine's Shortcomings instead or just appreciate the many amazing illustrations he's done for The New Yorker. But if you're an aspiring comic artist or a fan who would like to trace the growth of Tomine as an artist through these raw mini-comics, this is the book for you. I think it's targeted at specific groups of readers. I liked it, particularly after reading, but it wasn't a strong and instant appeal, as I often feel about his current work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but bad packaging., August 10, 2009

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Lawrence - See all my reviews

This review is from: 32 Stories (Hardcover)

This is a great concept and well executed except for the cheap cardboard box. The two sides of the slipcase are not the same thickness, and due to the fact that the box is hollow, the thick side should have been on top. What happens is that you could just be picking up the box normally and suddenly it is bent and creased. In the store where I bought it, there was even one copy where, during shipping, the entire front of the slipcase had been bashed in.

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive author, April 25, 2011

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Frederico Faro - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 32 Stories (Hardcover)

Adrian Tomine is a genius. His stories and art are more realistic than life itself. It's astonishing.
I believe this specific collection was made especially for fans and admirers of Tomine's work. It's a precious opportunity to verify how a brilliant career begins. It's the origin of all his work. The first little book shows a young but serious and committed art work. The shocking part comes when you realize the gigantic evolution he accomplished in the sequential little books.
Maybe this review is not as accurate as it should be, because I'm a serious admirer of his drawing AND writing. Maybe that'll influence my view in a too positive way. His work is the closest to perfection I've seen in comics, and I'll buy every single book that contains his material.