Product Information
Finally collected into one sharply-designed,hardcover volume, Adrian Tomine's cult comics,series Optic Nerves offers tales of emotional,disconnection with an ear for painfully real,dialogue. Combining deft b/w depictions of urbane,lifestyles with intimate and bare moments, SUMMER,BLONDE collects four stories, each exploring,conflicts of urban detachment and misguided,emotional gratification.,""...a classic storyteller to anyone of any age."" -,The San Francisco ChronicleProduct Identifiers
PublisherDrawn & Quarterly Publications
ISBN-101896597491
ISBN-139781896597492
eBay Product ID (ePID)2373910
Product Key Features
GenreComics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year2002
LanguageEnglish
Artist/WriterAdrian Tomine
Dimensions
Item Height0.7in
Item Length10.8in
Item Weight22.6 Oz
Item Width7.9in
Additional Product Features
Number of Pages132 Pages
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Tomine, who has become a cult figure, has brought an aura of cool realism to the world of comics with its blend of the best of independent comics and contemporary fiction." --Los Angeles New Times "Emotionally adroit...Summer Blonde is compulsive melancholy" --Village Voice Literary Supplement "...has the kind of detail and romantic yearning which has made Tomine a cult figure to the still young and the kind of artistry which has made him a classic storyteller to anyone of any age." --San Francisco Chronicle
Book TitleSummer Blonde
Target AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal741.5/973
TopicGeneral