Sleepwalk

Informationen zum Autor Since self publishing his first issue of Optic Nerve at the age of fifteen, the Japanese-American Adrian Tomine has established himself as one of the leading lights of the next generation of graphic novelists, in the wake of such breakthrough artists as Daniel Clowes (Ghost World, Ice Haven) and Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth). A regular contributor to the New Yorker - and previously Time, Esquire and Rolling Stone - he is the author of the collections Sleepwalk, Summer Blonde, Shortcomings and his ongoing series Optic Nerve. Tomine is currently published in Canada and the US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan. Klappentext Trade paperback. A classic of witty and haunting graphic novel stories. Vorwort A follow-up to Shortcomings , Adrian Tomine's UK debut, this is the first publication here of Sleepwalk , his classic collection of witty and oddly haunting stories. Zusammenfassung An old woman returns alone to the spot where as a young girl she used to meet her lover on his daily lunch break. A young guy misses his flight and returns to observe a kind of alternate version of his own life, one from which he seems to have vanished.

Vorwort

*A follow-up to *Shortcomings, Adrian Tomine's UK debut, this is the first publication here of Sleepwalk, his classic collection of witty and oddly haunting stories.

Autorentext

Since self publishing his first issue of Optic Nerve at the age of fifteen, the Japanese-American Adrian Tomine has established himself as one of the leading lights of the next generation of graphic novelists, in the wake of such breakthrough artists as Daniel Clowes (Ghost World, Ice Haven) and Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth). A regular contributor to the New Yorker - and previously Time, Esquire and Rolling Stone - he is the author of the collections Sleepwalk, Summer Blonde, Shortcomings and his ongoing series Optic Nerve.

Tomine is currently published in Canada and the US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan.

Klappentext

Trade paperback. A classic of witty and haunting graphic novel stories.

Zusammenfassung
An old woman returns alone to the spot where as a young girl she used to meet her lover on his daily lunch break. A young guy misses his flight and returns to observe a kind of alternate version of his own life, one from which he seems to have vanished.