Killing and Dying, by Adrian Tomine
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Killing and Dying, by Adrian Tomine
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Included on Best of 2015 lists from Washington Post and Publishers Weekly! A New York Times bestseller!"As a serious cartoonist, one secretly hopes to create “That Book”: a book that can be passed to a literary-minded person who doesn’t normally read comics; one that doesn’t require any explanation or apology in advance and is developed enough in its attitude, humanity and complexity that it speaks maturely for itself... Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Dying may finally be That Book, and I’m amazed and heartened by it."―Chris Ware, author of Building StoriesKilling and Dying is a stunning showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics. With this work, Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings, Scenes from an Impending Marriage) reaffirms his place not only as one of the most significant creators of contemporary comics but as one of the great voices of modern American literature. His gift for capturing emotion and intellect resonates here: the weight of love and its absence, the pride and disappointment of family, the anxiety and hopefulness of being alive in the twenty-first century. "Amber Sweet" shows the disastrous impact of mistaken identity in a hyper-connected world; "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture" details the invention and destruction of a vital new art form in short comic strips; "Translated, from the Japanese" is a lush, full-color display of storytelling through still images; the title story, "Killing and Dying", centers on parenthood, mortality, and stand-up comedy. In six interconnected, darkly funny stories, Tomine forms a quietly moving portrait of contemporary life. Tomine is a master of the small gesture, equally deft at signaling emotion via a subtle change of expression or writ large across landscapes illustrated in full color. Killing and Dying is a fraught, realist masterpiece.
Killing and Dying, by Adrian Tomine- Amazon Sales Rank: #13178 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-06
- Released on: 2015-10-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.72" h x .93" w x 6.66" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 128 pages
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“[Adrian Tomine] is an emotional x-ray machine. All-seeing, all-knowing."―Rachel Cooke, The Guardian
“One of the nation’s greatest and most versatile cartoonists."―Scott Timberg, Salon
"Tomine may be my favorite comics artist ― deft and subtle, with a bittersweet understanding of the tension between aspiration and loss."―David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times
"Achingly human and divinely rendered."―Kirkus"A deft, deadpan masterpiece filled with heartache interspersed with the shock of beauty."―Publishers Weekly Starred Review
About the Author
Adrian Tomine was born in 1974 in Sacramento, California. He began self-publishing his comic book series Optic Nerve. His comics have been anthologized in publications such as McSweeney's, Best American Comics, and Best American Nonrequired Reading, and his graphic novel Shortcomings was a New York Times Notable Book of 2007. Since 1999, Tomine has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful. Stories So Real They Will Break Your Heart By Stephen Vincent Kempton Adrian Tomine is the master of the "Slice Of Life" stories and here are six recent stories collected together in a very handsome hardcover. It has a sewn binding with quality paper. The book cover is clear plastic with only the title on it. A very creative package.Five of these stories are from Tomine's magazine Optic Nerve (issues #12 to #14). The sixth from Kramers Ergot #7 has been retitled and changed from it's original appearance.The lead story A Brief History Of The Art Of "Hortisculpture" is a story about a man and his dumb invention. Tomine structures this story to look like a newspaper strip. You get six black and white daily strips followed by a large full page color strip. The theme of trying to say something to a loved one about their life's dream which you know is totally unrealistic is something we have all experienced.Alice Sweet the next story is the one from Kramers Egot. It is about a girl who finds out she looks just like a famous "Porn Star". This one is beautifully illustrated by Adrian Tomine in full color and wide open panels.Go Owls is a heartbreaker about a girl who settles in a relationship mainly because she has no other place to live.Translated , from the Japanese is very traditional little story told in a very untraditional format. It is a story of a mother and her young child reconnecting with the father. It is very ground breaking in that Tomine never once depicts any of these three characters or the man she meets on the airplane at all.Killing and Dying is the title story about an untalented fourteen year old girl who wants to be a comedian, meanwhile something very tragic is going on in the background. The story is told in postage stamp size 20 panel grid. This is a powerful and poignant tale which will break your heart.Intruders the final story I found very disturbing. It is told from a first person narrative and it is very easy to identity with the protagonist until you figure out there is something disturbingly wrong about him.Tomine is a master storyteller and these stories will touch your heart and your head.My Highest Recommendation.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful. A partial departure By Zulu Queen As writers change, so, too, does their work. In “Killing and Dying,” Tomine’s two most pervasive themes—humiliation and disappointment—are ever-pervasive. But the heroine of each short story is no longer the usual suspect, i.e. the single man up to his eyebrows in angst, self-pity, and bewilderment.The characters is this book are, for the most part, people with ties to family. Two main characters, for example, are husbands and fathers.The author’s illustration style, too, is more fluid. In his previous work, like “Shortcomings,” the lines were crisp, with a lot of sharp edges. But now, each of the stories in K & D has a different drawing style, with softer lines. Some use a lot of color, some a very limited range.Another theme has gained a larger presence in this latest work: ambiguity. In the short story, “Translated, from the Japanese,” you don’t even get to see the faces of the characters, only snapshots of their surroundings. It’s a monologue that leaves a lot unsaid. It was completely nebulous (at least, to me!). But it was also still very moving.The stories are just as unsettling as ever, and feelings still get left unresolved. It’s not a complete 180, but does leave a different kind of cut.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The hardcover book itself is beautiful and Tomine's drawings touch my heart in a way ... By jamesinger I wish this was new work rather than a collection of previously published work. As a fan of Tomine, I had seen most, if not all of this work previously. However, if you are looking at Tomine for the first time, I would also suggest looking at his earlier work. The hardcover book itself is beautiful and Tomine's drawings touch my heart in a way that is unexplainably perfect.
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