Drawn & Quarterly Publications
Available: 08/30/07
6.50 x 9.25 · 104 pages
978-1-897299-16-6 CDN $22.95 · cl

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Shortcomings

Adrian Tomine

From the pre-eminent cartoonist of his generation, Adrian Tomine’s first long-form graphic novel is the story of a confused, obsessive Japanese-American male in his late 20s and his cross-country search for contentment—or at least the perfect girl. Tomine tackles modern culture, sexual mores and racial politics with brutal honesty and lacerating, irreverent humour, while deftly bringing to life a cast of painfully real antihero characters.

“Adrian Tomine … may be the best prose writer of the bunch. His young people, falling in and out of relationships, paralyzed by shyness and self-consciousness … take on a certain dignity and individuality.” (Charles McGrath, New York Times Magazine)

ADRIAN TOMINE (Brooklyn), a frequent contributor to the New Yorker, has acquired a cultlike fan following and has become one of the most widely acclaimed cartoonists of our time. His illustrations have appeared in publications including Esquire and Rolling Stone.