Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine (born May 31, 1974 in Sacramento , California) is an American comic artist who is best known for his regular illustrations in The New Yorker and Time Magazine . He also made two record covers for the band Eels .
Life
Adrian Tomine is the son of Chris Tomine and Satsuki Ina; he has a brother, Dylan, eight years his senior. He started his series Optic Nerve , in which he mixes fiction and autobiographical elements, in 1991 at the age of 16 and initially self-published it. It has been published by Drawn and Quarterly since 1994 . Until 2001, several short stories were combined in the first eight volumes. After a break in which he graduated from Berkeley University with a degree in English literature , Tomine has been working on the series again since 2004. Adrian Tomine's works are translated into French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. Three volumes have been published in German by Reprodukt .
Awards
- 1996 Harvey Award in the Best New Talent category
- 2007 Ignatz Award in the Outstanding Comic category for Optic Nerve # 11
Works
- At Drawn & Quarterly
- until 2007 Optic Nerve 1-11
- 1998 32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics
- 1998 Sleepwalk and Other Stories
- 2002 Summer Blonde
- 2004 Scrapbook: Uncollected Work 1990-2004
- 2005 New York Sketches 2004
- 2007 shortcomings
- 2011 Scenes from an Impending Marriage
- 2015 Killing and Dying
- German issues at Reprodukt
- 1996 Echo Avenue (compilation of stories from Optic Nerve )
- 2004 summer blonde
- 2008 Half-truths
- 2015 intruders
Web links
- Adrian Tomine at Reprodukt
- Adrian Tomine at the ComicRadioShow
- Adrian Tomine at Drawn & Quarterly - English
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tomine, Adrian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sacramento , California |