Comments on: Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine http://madinkbeard.com/blog/archives/shortcomings-by-adrian-tomine { Derik Badman's Writing on Comics (mostly) } Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:27:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DerikB http://madinkbeard.com/blog/archives/shortcomings-by-adrian-tomine/comment-page-1#comment-133291 DerikB Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:53:48 +0000 http://madinkbeard.com/blog/?p=1095#comment-133291 No offense taken, I appreciate the comments, Brian. I should probably take up my wife's offer for editing more often. Thanks to the wonders of "del" and "ins" in Wordpress, you can now see the changes I made. Other than the one you mention, I only found one other egregious example (missing the word "with"). Though I'd be glad to hear of any I missed. I just discovered Tomine's "Summer Blonde" on the library shelves, so I'm going to give that a read through. I have read Bottomless Belly Button. I'm a big fan of Shaw's work. It's on the "reread then review" pile in my office. Stay tuned. No offense taken, I appreciate the comments, Brian. I should probably take up my wife’s offer for editing more often. Thanks to the wonders of “del” and “ins” in Wordpress, you can now see the changes I made. Other than the one you mention, I only found one other egregious example (missing the word “with”). Though I’d be glad to hear of any I missed.

I just discovered Tomine’s “Summer Blonde” on the library shelves, so I’m going to give that a read through.

I have read Bottomless Belly Button. I’m a big fan of Shaw’s work. It’s on the “reread then review” pile in my office. Stay tuned.

]]> By: Brian Nicholson http://madinkbeard.com/blog/archives/shortcomings-by-adrian-tomine/comment-page-1#comment-133288 Brian Nicholson Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:25:50 +0000 http://madinkbeard.com/blog/?p=1095#comment-133288 No offense, but you might want to reread and edit this for grammar issues. There's a couple things that distracted me. "The extremely rare use of repetitive" is the most egregious example of feeling like a word was left out, but isn't really the only one. But I agree with your thoughts about what Adrian is doing. It's weird to think about how in some ways he's alone in doing what he's doing, but still seems a part of a large trend that makes him easy to avoid being compelled to read. Have you read Dash Shaw's The Bottomless Belly Button yet? It's more interested in formalism than Tomine, and much more ambitious in its scope and ability to emphasize with characters that aren't twenty-something hipsters. Due to its size, it feels a lot closer to an actual feature film or a literary novel than Tomine's work, which feels like a short story in comparison. No offense, but you might want to reread and edit this for grammar issues. There’s a couple things that distracted me. “The extremely rare use of repetitive” is the most egregious example of feeling like a word was left out, but isn’t really the only one.

But I agree with your thoughts about what Adrian is doing. It’s weird to think about how in some ways he’s alone in doing what he’s doing, but still seems a part of a large trend that makes him easy to avoid being compelled to read.

Have you read Dash Shaw’s The Bottomless Belly Button yet? It’s more interested in formalism than Tomine, and much more ambitious in its scope and ability to emphasize with characters that aren’t twenty-something hipsters. Due to its size, it feels a lot closer to an actual feature film or a literary novel than Tomine’s work, which feels like a short story in comparison.

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