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Paperback Killing and Dying Book

ISBN: 1770463097

ISBN13: 9781770463097

Killing and Dying: Stories

(Part of the Optic Nerve Series)

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Book Overview

" Adrian Tomine] has more ideas in twenty panels than novelists have in a lifetime." --Zadie Smith

After enjoying over six months on the New York Times Bestseller list and receiving a rave review from the same institution, acclaimed cartoonist Adrian Tomine's Killing and Dying is now available in paperback, with an updated cover and French flaps. With this work, Tomine (Shortcomings, Scenes from an Impending Marriage) reaffirms his place not only as one of the most significant creators of contemporary comics, but as one of the great voices of modern American literature. His gift for capturing emotion and intellect resonates: the weight of love and its absence, the pride and disappointment of family, the anxiety and hopefulness of being alive in the twenty-first century.

"Amber Sweet" shows the disastrous impact of mistaken identity in a hyper-connected world; "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture" details the invention and destruction of a vital new art form; "Translated, from the Japanese," is a lush, full-color display of storytelling through still images; the title story, "Killing and Dying," centers on parenthood, mortality, and stand-up comedy. In six interconnected, darkly funny stories, Tomine forms a quietly moving portrait of contemporary life.

Adrian Tomine is a master of the small gesture, equally deft at signaling emotion via a subtle change of expression or writ large across landscapes illustrated in full color. Killing and Dying is a fraught, realist masterpiece.

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Don't let the title turn you away its not morose.

This could be 5 stars. I loved the stories but there's something about his presentation of them that irks me but the last one was A+++ GREAT Tatsumi weirdo story! I like the way he draws people steady, clean and realistic with some adorable glimpses of Charles Shultz mixed in BUT the backgrounds look like they're props. Unless you pulled an super-cool dad and had a daughter do it- If you're not going to leave it black and white hire a colorist! Zero exaggeration: worst coloring job I've seen in digital era! (Unless it was a kid which I heartily applaud) -StrictlySequential (goodreads)
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