Deeply touching and sad stories, told in a simple yet powerful way, with a visual narrative simple but rich in styles and with a lot of small revealing details (e.g. the length of people's hair to describe the passing of time). A great author. ( )

Adrian Tomine understands the psychology of the average, if slightly twisted, person. And, more importantly, he knows how to utilize comics to show this. He's funny, dark, sad, angry, optimistic, lonely, and just about every other shade of human emotion we regularly experience. This short-story collection isn't better than any of his other works, but still shows how great his talent is nonetheless.

Favorite Quote: "[I've been visiting my old house a few times now. I don't own it, the owners don't know me. My last visit I found a fallen old lady clattering across the kitchen floor.] I locked the door behind me when I left. I listened for sirens, almost hoping that I'd hear them. I walked up the block, into the stream of oblivious, happy people with their families, their shopping, their chatter. And starting right there, I tried my best to become one of them." (Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine, Pg. 121)

A collection of stories that is my fave Tomine in years. His art and writing both seem to have gotten looser and more playful, a welcome respite from what had become a perhaps-too-perfectionist and stiff style. These stories are emotional and elegant but also often fun and laugh-out-loud funny. Really great stuff. ( )

Tomine's best since Optic Nerve. ( )

"it was ok" ( )