Second frame of third story:

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A collection of four short graphic stories, each centred around a social misfit and showimg him or her both as they see themselves and as they are seen by others, with sometimes brutal clarity. Tomine's ability to depict multiple viewpoints is pretty amazing. Few of his characters are particularly likeable but they are all fascinating.

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A rather good character study by Tomine of Ben Tanaka, a young Japanese-American man who is, frankly, a bit of a dick. His various girlfriends (and his friends who are girls, who tend to be into girls themselves) all try to make him aware of his shortcomings (the title of the book is also of course a double entendre on Ben's nervousness about the ( Read more... )

I'd been pointed to Tomine's work here and here, and seeing that Optic Nerve #8 was one of the recommended titles, decided to buy this, since its subtitle is "The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics ( Read more... )