"Great art and a soft, smooth page that's slick to the touch...reading Optic Nerve is like peeking into someone's diary or flipping through your favorite photo album." --New York Daily NewsAfter self-publishing seven mini comics as a teenager, Optic Nerve
Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and
A collection of short stories from the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics. Legendary cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi is the grandfather of alternative manga for the adult reader. Predating the advent of the literary graphic novel movement in the Unit
"These stories get under your skin and invite rereading." -BookForum Abandon the Old in Tokyo is the second in a three-volume series that collects the short stories of Japanese cartooning legend Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Designed and edited by Adrian Tomine, t
This remarkably illustrated collection of postcards features the best of Tomine's distinctive, critically acclaimed Optic Nerve comic book series, as well as selections from his work for magazines such as The New Yorker, album covers, and more. Share thes