KARAMEL

Summer Blonde

Tomine constructs tales of emotional disconnection with an ear for painfully real dialogue. Combined with his deft black and white depictions of urbane lifestyles, Tomine’s fans have often accused him of eavesdropping in on their most intimate moments and, with forensic skill, laying their lives bare. Collecting issues 5,6,7, and 8 of Optic Nerve, Summer Blonde contains four stories, each exploring conflicts of urban detachment and misguided emotional gratification.

“Those in search of the next lone [comics] genius or those looking for a gorgeous collection of literary short stories would…do well to pick up Summer Blonde…Tomine is a master of the arts of both cartooning and fiction, and he uses each to complement the other. His mastery of human facial expressions means that many times, he is able to forgo lengthy plot explication altogether and say it all with spare dialogue and a glance or gesture.” Amy Benfer, Salon.com

132 pages, b/w, cardstock cover.
Drawn & Quarterly.
10.5” X 7.5” X .5”