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32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics Special Edition
Contributor(s): Tomine, Adrian (Author), Tomine, Adrian (Illustrator)

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 ISBN: 1897299761     ISBN-13: 9781897299760
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
OUR PRICE: $16.96  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2009
* Out of Print *

Annotation: In 1991, Adrian Tomine self-published the first issue of "Optic Nerve," Consisting of three xeroxed sheets of paper, and with a print run of twenty-five, it was a less-than-auspicious, largely unnoticed debut. In the following three years, though, Optic Nerve developed at a startlingly rapid pace: the artwork and writing evolved with each story, production quality improved, page counts increased, and by issue seven, sales had reached 6,000. In 1994, Drawn & Quarterly took over the publishing duties of "Optic Nerve," and the original seven issues sold out and were left out of print. 32 stories presents these rare, early editions, collected for the first time in a single volume.
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BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary
Dewey: 741.5
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (1.00 lbs) 104 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:

The comics that first launched Tomine into his luminary career, in a special-edition box set

Redesigned to coincide with the release of Shortcomings in paperback is a brand-new edition of Adrian Tomine's first book, 32 Stories, that collects his inaugural mini-comics in a special edition. This onetime printing includes facsimile reprints of the seven mini-comics packaged in a slipcase, as well as an additional pamphlet containing a new introduction and notes by Tomine.

Contributor Bio(s): Tomine, Adrian: - Adrian Tomine is the author of Scenes from an Impending Marriage, Shortcomings, Summer Blonde, Sleepwalk, 32 Stories, and the comic book series Optic Nerve. He is also an illustrator for The New Yorker, Esquire, and Rolling Stone, and his stories have appeared in The Best American Nonrequired Reading and An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Tomine lives in Brooklyn, New York.
 
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