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Adrian Tomine

Thu, March 28 from 3:38 pm PDT

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’sBest American Comics, and Best American Nonrequired Reading, and his graphic novel Shortcomings was a New York Times Notable Book of the year. Tomine’s latest book is the graphic autobiography, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist. Since 1999, Tomine has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters.


Adrian Tomine is appearing through a partnership with MIAMI BOOK FAIR. Purchase the Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist from Books & Books, an independent bookstore based in Miami HERE.

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