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Shortcomings

by Adrian Tomine

Indie comic book creators don’t get much more revered than Adrian Tomine, whose comic, Optic Nerve, has been a staple of the hipster literati for over a decade. Now, three especially emo issues of Optic Nerve have been collected in Shortcomings, a beautifully designed graphic novel about (surprise!) shortcomings. Tomine’s protagonist is Ben Tanaka, a […]

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