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Summer Blonde SC By Adrian Tomine $16.95 Summer Blonde is the second collection of the comic series Optic Nerve. Tomine fills that book with short stories exploring and studying the lives of introverted or otherwise messed up young people. Which you could say of every other alternative comics series, but what makes Tomine's unique is his ability to go a step further. Often the characters in Optic Nerve are shown in humiliating and shameful positions, and instead of being repulsed the reader is drawn in further to the character and identifying with some of most hidden emotions and desires. What's extra gratifying about Optic Nerve and the collections, (Sleepwalk being the first and collecting the first four issues of the series) is their ability to be read as short stories. Tomine tells each issue focusing on one story , freeing up the series to be enjoyed at any point without previous knowledge of the other works. In addition to the superb writing, is Tomine's incredible artwork, evidenced by the attractive design of this cover. Summer Blonde is a $16.95 soft cover published by Drawn and Quarterly.
"Reading a comic book suddenly becomes as rewarding as reading good contemprary fiction. Tomine has both talent and a writer's eye for the truth."
The Sandman: Endless Nights Neil Gaiman return to the universe he created with this all new, all original Sandman graphic novel. The Oversized Hardcover book will feature seven new stories drawn by some of the industries biggest names. Amongst them, P. Craig Russell, Milo Manara, Bill Sienkiewicz, Glen Farby and Frank Quitely. The anticipation of this project is huge, finally delivering the popular Gaiman to the series in which he become legend, and bringing him back to comics, after a successful venture in writing novels. The Sandman : Endless Nights is a 160- page oversized original hard cover and is $24.95
"The greatest epic in the history of comic books..."
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