Optic Nerve (comics)
Comic book by Adrian Tomine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Optic Nerve is a comic book series by cartoonist Adrian Tomine. Originally self-published by Tomine in 1991 as a series of mini-comics (which have later been collected in a single volume, 32 Stories), the series has been published by Drawn & Quarterly since 1995.
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Drawn & Quarterly |
Schedule | irregular |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Alternative comics |
Publication date | 1991 |
No. of issues | 14 (as of 2019[update]) |
Creative team | |
Created by | Adrian Tomine |
Tomine's style and subject matter are restrained and realistic. Many are set in Northern California. Many of his stories for Optic Nerve feature Asian American characters, including "Hawaiian Getaway", "Six-Day Cold", "Layover", and "Shortcomings". Adrian Tomine is Asian American and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Many topics of his stories are at least partly autobiographical.
In the initial self-published issues, as well as the first eight Drawn & Quarterly issues (1995–2001), Optic Nerve was typically a collection of short stories. After an extended hiatus, Tomine resumed the comic in late 2004 and began his first multi-issue storyline, "Shortcomings," with #9.