![]() ![]() It’s not all happy and it doesn’t tie up nicely, it’s messy, as relationships are. My favorite thing about Shortcomings, other than Tomine’s absolutely stunning artwork and panel layouts (his inking is insane!) is the realistic feeling of this story. Shortcomings follows the story of Ben and Miko (and also Ben’s friend the delightful Alice) as Ben and Miko’s relationship follows a harrowing course. ![]() I am also desperate as I should be at about book number 41 or 42…and I’m obviously not there, so forgive me a bit. I have read much of it before, and it’s a bit of a cheat to count it as a book considering it doesn’t take long to read, but I felt compelled to include it because it is so deserving considering it’s quality of being included. I read Shortcomings, published by Drawn & Quarterly yesterday after buying it at Jim Hanley’s this weekend. He also has a very natural way with writing conversation, and he paces a story more beautifully than almost anyone out there in the field. Tomine (i finally learned, pronounced “To-mean”, after years of Adam and I arguing about the pronunciation) is an insanely talented artist. ![]() 4.5 Stars.Īdrian Tomine is, depending on the day, my second or third favorite artist, and regardless of the day probably my second favorite storyteller in the comics format (Jeffrey Brown remains number one…he may never be surpassed…we’ll see). ![]()
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