Optic Nerve (comics)
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[[Image:Opticnerve6.22.jpg|thumb|right|Interior page from ''Optic Nerve'' #6 (February 1999).]]
'''''Optic Nerve''''' is a [[comic book]] series by [[graphic novel]]ist [[Adrian Tomine]]. Originally [[self-published]] by Tomine as a series of [[minicomic|mini-comics]] (which have later been collected in a single volume, ''32 Stories''), the series has been published by [[Drawn and Quarterly]] since [[1995]].
Tomine's style and subject matter are restrained and realistic. Many are set in Northern California. Several of his stories for ''Optic Nerve'' feature [[Asian American]] characters, including "Hawaian Getaway," "Six-Day Cold" and "Layover." Adrian Tomine is Asian American and lives in [[Berkeley, California]]. Many topics of his stories are at least partly autobiographical.
In the initial self-published issues, as well as the first eight Drawn & Quarterly issues ([[1995]]-[[2001]]), ''Optic Nerve'' was typically a collection of short stories. After an extended hiatus, Tomine resumed the comic in fall of [[2004]] and began his first multi-issue storyline with #9. The most recent issue, #11, was published in early 2007.
==Collected editions==
* ''32 stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics'' ([[1995]], collects original mini-comics, ISBN 1-896597-00-9)
* ''Sleepwalk and Other Stories'' ([[1998]], collects ''Optic Nerve'' #1-4, ISBN 1-896597-12-2)
* ''Summer Blonde'' ([[2002]], collects ''Optic Nerve'' #5-8, SC: ISBN 1-896597-57-2, HC: ISBN 1-896597-49-1)
* ''Shortcomings'' ([[2007]], collects ''Optic Nerve'' #9-11, HC: ISBN 1-897299-16-8)
[[Category:Drawn and Quarterly titles]]
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