The Push man, and other storiesYoshihiro Tatsumi, Adrian Tomine, Yuji Oniki
Drawn & Quarterly, 2005
1896597858, 9781896597850
A collection of short stories from the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics.
Legendary cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi is the grandfather of alternative manga for the adult reader. Predating the advent of the literary graphic novel movement in the United States by thirty years, Tatsumi created a library of literary comics that draws parallels with modern prose fiction and today's alternative comics.
Designed and edited by one of today's most popular cartoonists, Adrian Tomine, "The Push Man and Other Stories" is the debut volume in a groundbreaking new series that collects Tatsumi's short stories about Japanese urban life. Tatsumi's stories are simultaneously haunting, disturbing, and darkly humorous, commenting on the interplay between an overwhelming, bustling, crowded modern society and the troubled emotional and sexual life of the individual.
Abandon the old in TokyoYoshihiro Tatsumi, Yuji Oniki
Drawn & Quarterly, 2006
1894937872, 9781894937870
194 pages
Abandon the Old in Tokyo is the second in a three-volume series that collects the short stories of Japanese cartooning legend Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Designed and edited by Adrian Tomine, the first volume, The Push Man and Other Stories, debuted to much critical acclaim and rightfully placed Tatsumi as a legendary precursor to the North American graphic-novel movement. Abandon the Old in Tokyo continues to delve into the urban underbelly of 1960s Tokyo, exposing not only the seedy dealings of the Japanese everyman but Tatsumi’s maturation as a story writer.
ShortcomingsAdrian Tomine
Drawn & Quarterly, 2007
1897299168, 9781897299166
108 pages
Shortcomings, Adrian Tomine's first long-form graphic novel, is the story of Ben Tanaka, a confused, obsessive, Japanese American male in his late-twenties, and his cross-country search for contentment (or at least the perfect girl). Along the way, 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 anti-hero characters. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Tomine has acquired a cult-like fan following and has earned a status as one of the most widely-acclaimed cartoonists of our time. Shortcomings was serialised in Tomine's iconic comic book series Optic Nerve
Shenzhen : a travelogue from China
Guy Delisle
Drawn & Quarterly, 2006
Me and you and everyone we know [videorecording (DVD)]
written and directed by Miranda July
1 videodisc (92 min.)
War photographer [videorecording]
a film by Christian Frei ; produced, directed, and edited by Christian Frei
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.)
Spent
Joe Matt
124 p
