Optic Nerve (comics) 1607681 225057666 2008-07-11T18:03:01Z Rst20xx 519746 moved [[Optic Nerve (comic)]] to [[Optic Nerve (comics)]]: Per [[WP:NCC]] [[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]] {{comics-stub}}