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'The outstanding graphic novelist of his generation.' Big Issue'Adrian Tomine has more ideas in twenty panels than novelists have in a lifetime.' ZADIE SMITH'Tomine has both talent and a writer's eye for the truth.' NICK HORNBYAdrian Tomine began his professional career at the age of sixteen,...
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'The outstanding graphic novelist of his generation.' Big Issue
'Adrian Tomine has more ideas in twenty panels than novelists have in a lifetime.' ZADIE SMITH
'Tomine has both talent and a writer's eye for the truth.' NICK HORNBY
Adrian Tomine began his professional career at the age of sixteen, and in the decades since, has made a name for himself as a bestselling graphic novelist, screenwriter, and New Yorker cover artist. Now, for the first time, he's taking questions. Part personal history, part masterclass (illustrated throughout with photos, outtakes, and step-by-step process images), Q & A is an unprecedented look into Tomine's working methods and a trove of insight, guidance, and advice for aspiring and practising creatives alike.
'Adrian Tomine has more ideas in twenty panels than novelists have in a lifetime.' ZADIE SMITH
'Tomine has both talent and a writer's eye for the truth.' NICK HORNBY
Adrian Tomine began his professional career at the age of sixteen, and in the decades since, has made a name for himself as a bestselling graphic novelist, screenwriter, and New Yorker cover artist. Now, for the first time, he's taking questions. Part personal history, part masterclass (illustrated throughout with photos, outtakes, and step-by-step process images), Q & A is an unprecedented look into Tomine's working methods and a trove of insight, guidance, and advice for aspiring and practising creatives alike.
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ISBN: 9780571392360
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 October 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 182.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 100
About the Author
Adrian Tomine is the author of the acclaimed series Optic Nerve. His books include Shortcomings - which was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2008 IPPYS and was a 2007 New York Times Notable Book - Summer Blonde, Sleepwalk, Scenes From an Impending Marriage and New York Drawings. He is also an illustrator for The New Yorker, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. Born in Sacramento, Adrian lives in Brooklyn.
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