‘Optic Nerve’ Archives
Optic Nerve Vol.3: Shortcomings
Tomine's structure evolution continues in this volume, giving us his first long form story. So there is one single story contained in this book, collecting Optic Nerve 9-11. The short story collection allowed him to explore a variety of subjects and situations, but this longer story really goes deeper into one important issue, that of race and [...]
Optic Nerve Vol.2: Summer Blonde
This second volume collects issues 4-8 and there's a slight change of format. Now each issue contains one longer story of about 30 pages, allowing Tomine to explore his characters deeper. The stories still feel like a quick peek into somebody's life instead of a complete story with a definitive ending. There are a lot of failed relationships [...]
Optic Nerve vol.1: Sleepwalk and Other Stories
This collects the first four issues of Adrian Tomine's series Optic Nerve, which is an anthology of short stories. Each issue contains 4-5 stories, ranging from 1 to 8 pages. Due to their length, these stories are snippets of a character's life, instead of a story with beginning middle and end. Despite these limitations, Tomone often manages to [...]