One of my favorite comic book artists is Adrian Tomine, who writes and draws one of my favorite comic books, Optic Nerve. If you know me well enough you know I have had an Optic Nerve poster in my bedroom since I was a junior in college. Sometimes, in Berkeley, I would see Adrian on his way to the post office, or in the post office, or on his way back home from the post office. I wondered what he would always be mailing. The few times I actually saw him he looked pretty depressed.
Well, it’s been a really long time since I have kept up with many comics, probably since about the time I graduated. The last issue of Optic Nerve that I’ve read was issue 9, published early in 2004. Now there are two more (published in 2005 and early in 2007) and I haven’t read them and I am really excited to, and I’m going to order them!
These three issues contain a continuous story about an Asian-American couple who break up or are on their way to breaking up, I can’t quite remember. I’m looking forward to finally knowing what happens after all these years!
