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About This Book
ISBN13: 9781896597492 
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Powells.com Staff Pick
A friend of mine once picked
up a copy of Optic Nerve #9 off of the floor of my apartment. Forty-five
minutes later she handed it to me, her eyes wide and starving: "I want more!" she said.
Sadly, most of Tomine's stories leave you this way; emotionally bound with
no sense of relief or closure, much like how real myopic relationships go.
His characters are just as keenly complicated as they are dispicable, the
kind you love to hate, that possess the qualities you're afraid you have.
His accompanying illustrations are equally well-crafted.
Summer Blonde is a collection of some of the latest issues of Optic Nerve.
You'll read it front cover to back, relish the stab in your heart, and yearn
for issue 10.
Recommended by Shannon B., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Described as the Raymond Carver of comix, Tomine constructs tales of emotional disconnection with an ear for painfully real dialogue. Combined with his deft black and white depictions of urbane lifestyles, Tomine?s fans have often accused him of eavesdropping in on their most intimate moments and, with forensic skill, laying their lives bare.
The conflicts between emotional gratification, narcissistic neediness and moral discernment mark the title story in which a socially crippled man nurses an obsessive crush on a young woman. He watches close up, paralyzed by his guilt, as her beauty catches the eye of his neighbor: a hip, selfish young man with a short attention span. One of Optic Nerve?s most popular stories, "Hawaiian Getaway," features Hilary, telephone service rep who is having the worst week of her life. She lost her job, her apartment, and her grandmother. Close to the edge, she is losing her grip. Reaching out to random strangers on the phone, Hilary is looking for someone to help her. In "Alter Ego" a successful young author has writer`s block. He can't, or won't, decide between another ghostwriting gig and finishing his second "real" novel. He stalls on committing to his novel and his girlfriend when a chance postcard leads him to flirt with fantasies of changing the past. Finally, "Bomb Scare" documents the early unease of his generation by setting this coming-of-age story during the tense months of the Gulf War, the event that ushered in the 1990s.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781896597492
- Subtitle:
- (stories)
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Drawn and Quarterly
- Location:
- Montrâeal
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- American wit and humor, pictorial
- Subject:
- City and town life
- Subject:
- Graphic Novels
- Subject:
- CGN006000
- Copyright:
- 2002
- Edition Number:
- 1st
- Series Volume:
- #174
- Publication Date:
- June 15, 2002
- Binding:
- HC
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 132
- Dimensions:
- 10.78x7.90x.68 in. 1.41 lbs.
