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I was fortunate this evening to interview Adrian Tomine, creator of the comic Optic Nerve in front of an audience at Booksmith. Optic Nerve got me interested in comics maybe three years ago when an old friend raved “Finally a comic for grownups!” Issues of Optic Nerve have four stories, sometimes less, and always about the angst of love and aimlessness in your twenties. They’ve been collected in three books titled 32 Stories, Sleepwalk and Summer Blonde.
Highly recommended, especially if you’re saying right now “I have no interest in comics.” And Adrian? Great fun to talk to. Roman, my boss over at Invisible Ink Radio showed up and we hung out with his roommates afterward.
What a nice evening.