Optic Nerve # 3 - Adrian Tomine
Copyright 1996 by Adrian Tomine. Published by Drawn & Quarterly. 3rd printing. $2.95 cover price.
From the publisher:
"After self-publishing seven mini comics as a teenager, Optic Nerve became a regular comic book series when Adrian Tomine was only 20.
Tomine’s work developed steadily over the years, from the rough, sketchy drawings of his early mini-comics to the stark, crisp graphic approach of his D&Q series. Although his work is no longer strictly autobiographical, his contemporary stories are still deeply personal. Tomine creates a new cast of characters for each story, and he has become a master of penetrating their fragile exteriors.
This 3rd issue in the series features four stories:
- Dylan & Donovan recounts the difficult adolescence of two twin sisters and their life with an aging hippie father;
- Supermarket, a blind man attempts to befriend a young woman at the checkout counter;
- Hostage Situation is an account of a miserable bus ride with two unruly passengers;
- Unfaded, a young man ponders a life gone by after his grandfather is admitted to a senior’s home.
Uncirculated, new as published.
Optic Nerve # 3
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