With a deft and romantic touch, Tomine portrays the emotional ambivalence of drifting. Urban twenty-somethings in stunning black and white. His stories are appealingly naturalistic, stylishly cinematic, and emotionally rich. His fans accuse him of eavesdropping on their most intimate moments, exhibiting their insecurities with both forensic detachment and surprising compassion.

 

Adrian Tomine is the cartoonist of the acclaimed series Optic Nerue, which has been collected into Summer Blonde and Sleepwalk. He is an illustrator for the New Yorker.