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by Adrian Tomine (Author)
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  • Paperback: 102 pages
  • Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly; 1st Softcover Ed edition (26 Aug 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1896597122
  • ISBN-13: 978-1896597126
  • Product Dimensions: 26.6 x 19.1 x 1.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"Tomine is a master of pseudorealistic stories in the tradition of raymond carver. This understated, black-and-white collection should satisfy fiction aficionados in any medium." --"Library Journal""Brilliant... we know we're in the hands of a major young comics artist--visually gripping and emotionally challenging." --"Kirkus Reviews"

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These are the lives that populate Sleepwalk and Other Stories. Collecting the first four issues of Adrian Tomine's comic series Optic Nerve, this book offers sixteen tales of modern life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly Heartbreaking, 9 April 2002
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The sixteen stories contained here are predominantly quiet angst-ridden portraits of young men and women who are experiencing some kind of loss. Several lurk in the disorienting and heartbreaking wake of breakups. "Six Day Cold" is perhaps the most touching of these, showing a young man with a severe cold encountering his ex-girlfriend on the street. She takes care of him, bringing him soup and whatnot-and the way Tomine captures the unseen wistful looks he gives her is shattering. It's an awkward emotional terrain he captures with equal precision in the title story.

Indeed, awkward situations are Tomine's forte, from threatening teenagers on a bus in "Hostage Situation," to a family vacation in "Dylan & Donovan" to the realization of shifting friendships in "Hazel Eyes" or a supermarket worker encountering a blind customer out on the street in "Supermarket." Tomine's ability to rapidly capture the exact right emotional tone of each situation and character is amazing. The longest story, "Summer Job" is pitch-perfect in showing a slacker-punk middle class kid on summer vacation from UC Berkeley (A Berkeley resident, Tomine sets many of his stories in and around Bay Area.). The kid's arrogant disdain for the Kinko's-like job he takes and his complete obliviousness to the economic realities of his co-workers is dead on and enraging.

Another common theme is loneliness, from the difficulty in long-distance relationships in "Long Distance" and "Layover" to an old widow remembering better days in "Lunch Break" or the creepy tale of a young woman who's stalked via the personal ads in "The Connecting Thread." Thus, it should come as no surprise that on the whole, the collection can be rather depressing (apparently Tomine's other collection, 32 Stories, is more upbeat). Of course it should be noted that the artistry is consistently graceful and real over the 102 pages, and the book's design and production is lovely and understated. This is the graphic novel to give people who would never consider picking one up.

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