Graphica artist Adrian Tomine has been all over the place recently. And fortunately (at least for me!), soon he’ll be in Vancouver.

Since Adrian Tomine’s new graphic novel, SHORTCOMINGS, came out, it seems that he’s been on the road—and all over the media, from the cover of Giant Robot to the National Post.

• Read the interview with Adrian Tomine in the National Post

  “In a way, I wanted this book to be a summation of all the things I’ve learned in comics leading up to it,” he says.

• Read the review in the Georgia Straight
  

  “Adrian Tomine is the reigning king of comic ennui, and with Shortcomings, which collects issues 9 to 11 of his Optic Nerve, he continues his wonderfully misanthropic rule."

• Read the review in Now magazine
• Listen to the podcast interview on Inkstuds.com

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ADRIAN TOMINE TOUR
After a successful event at Toronto’s International Festival of Authors last month, Tomine is heading west. He’ll be in Vancouver next week:

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Sophia Books
450 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC
7-10 pm: Q+A and signing

For a full list of Tomine’s tour stops, click here.

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ADRIAN TOMINE CONTEST
Win a SHORTCOMINGS poster signed by Adrian Tomine. To enter, just leave a comment below to let us know what you think of Tomine’s work. The only catch is that you must be a resident of Canada. The contest closes November 12.