The Observer
Adrian Tomine renders love and loss on two coasts.
posted July 19, 2007 11:15AM
Former Berkeleyite Adrian Tomine began self-publishing his hit comic series, Optic Nerve, at age 16, and cracked the New Yorker cover racket before the age of 30. Having already hit such heights, the 33-year-old cartoonist is taking his work to a new level with next month’s Shortcomings, his first full-length graphic novel. Tomine’s trademark flawed characters and simply drawn realism—reminiscent of an indie-film storyboard—are in full effect, but the novel also bridges new cultural territory. Its protagonist, Ben Tanaka, struggles with his relationship with his Japanese girlfriend, his attraction to white women and a host of other Asian issues and stereotypes. It even addresses such popular urban talking points as the SF-NYC divide, something Tomine knows all too well, having moved to Brooklyn three years ago.
Do you feel equally competent in drawing and writing?
Writing is more problem-atic. If I draw a line [wrong], I can see it. The writing floats around in my head.
Would you work in film?
I’ve had fantasies about [it]. But as a cartoonist you get spoiled—it’s one of the few art forms where one person makes every decision.
You address some pretty sensitive Asian issues.
There are TV shows and movies that focus on an ethnic group that can still be enjoyed by an audience outside of that group. I looked around and felt like mainstream culture hadn’t quite allowed that same level of comfort with Asian issues. I wanted to address some of the more outrageous ones, but in a way that fits my sensibilities.
Adrian Tomine's Shortcomings available in stores early September; drawnandquarterly.com
Do you feel equally competent in drawing and writing?
Writing is more problem-atic. If I draw a line [wrong], I can see it. The writing floats around in my head.
Would you work in film?
I’ve had fantasies about [it]. But as a cartoonist you get spoiled—it’s one of the few art forms where one person makes every decision.
You address some pretty sensitive Asian issues.
There are TV shows and movies that focus on an ethnic group that can still be enjoyed by an audience outside of that group. I looked around and felt like mainstream culture hadn’t quite allowed that same level of comfort with Asian issues. I wanted to address some of the more outrageous ones, but in a way that fits my sensibilities.
Adrian Tomine's Shortcomings available in stores early September; drawnandquarterly.com
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Tomine began publishing his work when he was still a teenager (he was mainly self-published, but was also published in mainstream publications like Pulse while still in high school). While his early work was greeted with much acclaim, 1Y0-456 braindumps he faced severe backlash around the time when he made the jump to professional publication, and the letters pages of his modern comics typically feature several highly critical letters where he is accused of creating "trendy" or "emo" characters. He is often compared to his friend Dan Clowes for his signature clean-line style; in fact, he is sometimes accused of ripping off Clowes' style. In an interview published in The Comics Journal #205, Tomine addressed many of these criticisms and discussed his influences in detail, 000-974 braindumps admitting that he was strongly influenced by Clowes but perhaps even more so by Jaime Hernandez. The cover of his Journal issue featured a self-parody of sorts, featuring a sequence where a hipster girl says to the reader, "I'm so cute! I listen to indie rock! But... I'm sad. Can you relate?" In an interview published on the Drawn and Quarterly website, Tomine discussed printing critical letters in his book: "I imagine most cartoonists receive some negative mail. I just thought it was fair (and entertaining) to allow a range of reactions to be heard. And as for my response, 350-040 braindumps it really varies: some criticism I dismiss completely, and some I take to heart."
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