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The loneliness of the long-distance cartoonist

What happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career? The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Adrian Tomine's funniest and most revealing foray into autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers. When a sudden medical incident lands Tomine in the emergency room, he be...

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Main Author: Tomine, Adrian, 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language: English
Published: [Montreal,Quebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2020.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Tomine, Adrian, > 1974-
Tomine, Adrian, > 1974- > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists > United States > Biography.
Cartoonists > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Work and family > Comic books, strips, etc.
Autobiographical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Summary: What happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career? The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Adrian Tomine's funniest and most revealing foray into autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers. When a sudden medical incident lands Tomine in the emergency room, he begins to question if it was really all worthwhile: despite the accolades and opportunities of a seemingly charmed career, it's the gaffes, humiliations, slights, and insults he's experienced (or caused) within the industry that loom largest in his memory. Tomine illustrates the amusing absurdities of how we choose to spend our time, all the while mining his conflicted relationship with comics and comics culture. But in between chaotic book tours, disastrous interviews, and cringe-inducing interactions with other artists, life happens: he fumbles his way into marriage, parenthood, and an indisputably fulfilling existence. A richer emotional story emerges as his memories are delineated in excruciatingly hilarious detail. In a bold stylistic departure from his award-winning Killing and Dying, he distills his art to the loose, lively essentials of cartooning, each pen stroke economically imbued with human depth. Designed as a sketchbook complete with placeholder ribbon and an elastic band, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist shows an acclaimed artist at the peak of his career."--Amazon.
Item Description: Chiefly illustrations.
Book has graph paper pages.
Physical Description: 162 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN: 177046395X
9781770463950
Author Notes: Adrian Tomine was born in 1974 in Sacramento, California. He began self-publishing his comic book series Optic Nerve when he was sixteen, and in 1994 he received an offer to publish from Drawn & Quarterly. His comics have been anthologized in publications such as McSweeney's , Best American Comics , and Best American Nonrequired Reading. Both his graphic novel Shortcomings and his memoir The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist were named New York Times Notable Books of the year. Since 1999, Tomine has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker . He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters.

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