Event

A CONVERSATION WITH ADRIAN TOMINE, Hosted by: J. C. Cloutier.

Please join us for a conversation with writer Adrian Tomine!

Adrian Tomine was born in 1974 in Sacramento, California. He began self-publishing his comic book series Optic Nerve when he was sixteen, and in 1994 he received an offer to publish from Drawn & Quarterly. His comics have been anthologized in publications such as McSweeney’s, Best American Comics, and Best American Nonrequired Reading. His 2007 graphic novel Shortcomings and 2020 graphic memoir The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist were both named New York Times Notable Books of the year, and his short story collection Killing and Dying was a New York Times graphic bestseller. Since 1999, Tomine has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters.