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What Adrian Tomine's "Optic Nerve" is teaching me about the art of the non-ending

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Naomi K
Jun 05, 2011
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…my last entry was like one of my most commented on ever. People love them some graphic novels. One of the ones that a friend recommended to me was Adrian Tomine’s “Optic Nerve” series. It’s a series of unconnected stories that are mostly about disaffected California high-schoolers and twentysomethings. What can I say? I am a sucker for angsty young rea…

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