AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW ''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.

Autorentext
Born in Sacramento in 1974, Adrian Tomine is the author of the acclaimed series Optic Nerve, that has been running since 1991. His work has also appeared in the New Yorker and Esquire, among other publications. 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, most recently, New York Drawings, all of which are published by Faber in the UK.

Klappentext

**NOMINATED FOR THE EISNER AWARD

''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.

Zusammenfassung
Stephen King's On Writing for graphic novels: everything you want to know about storytelling, illustration and Adrian Tomine, but were too afraid to ask.