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"Tomine answers questions about his preferred tools, his creative process, the ups and downs of adaptation, and perhaps most importantly-- how to pronounce his last name. Illustrated with drafts, outtakes, and photos from the artist's personal collection, this rare peek into the mind of a contemporary cartooning giant lays out the method to his meticulous brand of madness. The artist looks back on his career in response to queries from his--maybe adoring but mostly curious--public with his signature dry wit and unflinching, self-deprecating honesty"--
About the author
Adrian Tomine was born in 1974 in Sacramento, California. He began self-publishing his comic book series
Optic Nerve when he was sixteen, and in 1994 he received an offer to publish from Drawn & Quarterly. His comics have been anthologized in publications such as
McSweeney's,
Best American Comics, and
Best American Nonrequired Reading. Both his graphic novel
Shortcomings and his memoir
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist were named
New York Times Notable Books of the year. Since 1999, Tomine has been a regular contributor to
The New Yorker. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters.
