Adrian Tomine

Nov 15, 2024 | lithub.com | Adrian Tomine

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Article continues after advertisementA few years ago I gave a talk at an art school in Manhattan, and I could tell that the students were quickly losing interest in my admittedly ponderous presentation. So in an attempt to regain their attention, I asked the students what their goals were.

Sep 27, 2024 | drawnandquarterly.com | Adrian Tomine

The annotated and expanded screenplay adaptation of the landmark graphic novelBen and Miko’s relationship is in trouble. He’s a struggling filmmaker, she works for a local film festival, and in various ways, they’re both searching for something else. When he’s not managing a derelict movie theater, Ben spends his time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best friend Alice, a grad student with a serial dating habit.

Sep 14, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Adrian Tomine |Alison Bechdel |Miriam Katin

Though this will likely be stocked with graphic novels, it shares as much in spirit with the work of Mary Karr, Tobias Wolff... Though Bechdel (known for her syndicated “Dykes to Watch Out For” strip and collections) takes her formal cues from comic books, she receives more inspiration from the likes of Proust and Joyce as she attempts to unravel the knots of her family’s twisted emotional history.

Jul 11, 2024 | internazionale.it | Adrian Tomine

Adrian Tomine è un fumettista statunitense. Questa è una delle sue venti storie raccolte nel libro Sonnambulo, pubblicato dalla casa editrice Canicola per celebrare i suoi vent’anni. La recensione del libro a cura di Francesco Boille è a pagina 81 di questo numero. Adrian Tomine è un fumettista statunitense. Questa è una delle sue venti storie raccolte nel libro Sonnambulo, pubblicato dalla casa editrice Canicola per celebrare i suoi vent’anni.

Jun 17, 2024 | newyorker.com | Adrian Tomine |Francoise Mouly

Regardless of parents’ attempts to be cool, there comes an age at which their children find everything about them mortifying. For the cover of the June 24, 2024, issue, the cartoonist Adrian Tomine portrays a young preteen trying to distance herself from her progenitors. “I have to admit that I waste a lot of time thinking about how to not embarrass my kids, by calibrating how much slang I should use or by assessing how much curvature there should be in the brim of my baseball cap,” Tomine said.