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Killing and Dying Feb 6, 2018

by Adrian Tomine

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“[Adrian Tomine] has more ideas in twenty panels than novelists have in a lifetime.” —Zadie Smith

After enjoying over six months on the New York Times Bestseller list and receiving a rave review from the same institution, Killing and Dying reaffirms acclaimed cartoonist Adrian Tomine's place not only as one of the most significant creators of contemporary comics, but as one of the great voices of modern American literature. Tomine's (Shortcomings, Scenes from an Impending Marriage) gift for capturing emotion and intellect resonates: the weight of love and its absence, the pride and disappointment of family, the anxiety and hopefulness of being alive in the twenty-first century.

“Amber Sweet” shows the disastrous impact of mistaken identity in a hyper-connected world; “A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture” details the invention and destruction of a vital new art form; “Translated, from the Japanese,” is a lush, full-color display of storytelling through still images; the title story, "Killing and Dying," centers on parenthood, mortality, and stand-up comedy. In six interconnected, darkly funny stories, Tomine forms a quietly moving portrait of contemporary life.

Adrian Tomine is a master of the small gesture, equally deft at signaling emotion via a subtle change of expression or writ large across landscapes illustrated in full color. Killing and Dying is a fraught, realist masterpiece.

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Shortcomings Apr 14, 2009

by Adrian Tomine

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Ben Tanaka has problems. In addition to being rampantly critical, sarcastic, and insensitive, his long-term relationship is awash in turmoil. His girlfriend, Miko Hayashi, suspects that Ben has a wandering eye, and more to the point, it's wandering in the direction of white women. This accusation (and its various implications) becomes the subject of heated, spiralling debate, setting in motion a story that pits California against New York, devotion against desire, and trust against truth.

By confusing their personal problems with political ones, Ben and Miko are strangely alone together and oddly alike, even as they fly apart. Being human, all too human, they fail to see that what unites them is their shared hypocrisies, their double standards. This gray zone between the personal and the political is a minefield that Tomine navigates boldly and nimbly. The charged, volatile dialogues that result are unlike anything in Tomine's previous work or, for that matter, comics in general. But Shortcomings is no mere polemic. Any issues that are raised stand on equal footing with expertly-crafted plot turns, subtle characterization, and irreverent humor, all drawn in Tomine's heart-breakingly evocative style. What Tomine ultimately offers is more provocation than pronouncement—a brutal, funny, and insightful reflection of human shortcomings.

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La solitudine del fumettista errante (Italian Edition) Jun 9, 2020

by Adrian Tomine

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È strano quando la tua passione d'infanzia si trasforma in un lavoro. Così è andata a Adrian Tomine, che ha realizzato il sogno che si porta dietro dalle scuole elementari:

DIVENTARE UN FUMETTISTA IMPORTANTE!

Ora però deve fare i conti con gli aspetti più irritanti della sua "fama". Perché, per quanto sia un autore molto rispettato dai suoi pari, la maggior parte dei lettori di fumetti si dividono tra manga e supereroi e non hanno idea di chi sia Adrian Tomine. E così, durante uno dei tanti festival in cui è invitato, è facile che un ragazzo dello staff lo scambi per Neil Gaiman o che per sbaglio si ritrovi seduto in uno stand al posto di Alan Moore (con grande dispiacere dei fan in fila per le dediche). In questo divertente diario dei suoi tour promozionali, Tomine ci fa rivivere interviste imbarazzanti, ridicoli incontri con lettori disinteressati o troppo invadenti, impietosi retroscena delle chiacchierate tra colleghi e una misera figuraccia con Frank Miller. E tra una gaffe e l'altra, Tomine cerca a fatica di concentrarsi sulle difficoltà della sua vita privata: l'essere genitore e gli alti e bassi del matrimonio.
La solitudine del fumettista errante è un memoir agrodolce, nel quale l'epica dell'ambizione giovanile si schianta contro le noie dell'età adulta e si trasforma in un'irresistibile farsa.

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