The loneliness of the long-distance cartoonist
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Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date:
[2020]
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First edition
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English
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What happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career? The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Adrian Tomine's funniest and most revealing foray into autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers. When a sudden medical incident lands Tomine in the emergency room, he begins to question if it was really all worthwhile: despite the accolades and opportunities of a seemingly charmed career, it's the gaffes, humiliations, slights, and insults he's experienced (or caused) within the industry that loom largest in his memory. Tomine illustrates the amusing absurdities of how we choose to spend our time, all the while mining his conflicted relationship with comics and comics culture. But in between chaotic book tours, disastrous interviews, and cringe-inducing interactions with other artists, life happens: he fumbles his way into marriage, parenthood, and an indisputably fulfilling existence. A richer emotional story emerges as his memories are delineated in excruciatingly hilarious detail. In a bold stylistic departure from his award-winning Killing and Dying, he distills his art to the loose, lively essentials of cartooning, each pen stroke economically imbued with human depth. Designed as a sketchbook complete with placeholder ribbon and an elastic band, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist shows an acclaimed artist at the peak of his career."--Amazon
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Autobiographical comics
Autobiographies
Biographies
Cartoonists
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Comic books, strips, etc
Graphic novels
Nonfiction comics
Tomine, Adrian
Tomine, Adrian, -- 1974- -- Comic books, strips, etc
Work and family
Work and family -- Comic books, strips, etc
Autobiographies
Biographies
Cartoonists
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Comic books, strips, etc
Graphic novels
Nonfiction comics
Tomine, Adrian
Tomine, Adrian, -- 1974- -- Comic books, strips, etc
Work and family
Work and family -- Comic books, strips, etc
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9781770463950
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Biographies
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Graphic novels
Nonfiction comics
Tomine, Adrian, -- 1974- -- Comic books, strips, etc
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