Optic Nerve #11

Optic Nerve #11

by Adrian Tomine

Acclaimed small press comic which started as a duplicated flyer, and evolved into one of the most successful alternative black and white comic books

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Art

32 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2007

About the author

Adrian Tomine was born in 1974 in Sacramento, California. He began self-publishing his comic book series Optic Nerve. His comics have been anthologized in publications such as McSweeney’s, Best American Comics, and Best American Nonrequired Reading, and his graphic novel "Shortcomings" was a New York Times Notable Book of 2007. His next release, "Killing and Dying" will be published by Drawn and Quarterly in October 2015.

Since 1999, Tomine has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters.

Reviews

[Liberty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Appropriate ending. To an arc that started in issue number 8.

Deals with Asian American experience including family issues, race, relationships, human nature and neglect.

Very subtle but honest.

[Nayeli · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main character reminded me of everything I don't want to be (but almost was).

[Kevin English · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ben needs to get it together...