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Shortcomings

by: Adrian Tomine

Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly (2007)

$22.95

Staff Pick by comrade: PM

Tomine has an incredible ability to create believable characters--realistic people with real flaws--with moving and hilarious dialogue. Three issues of his contemporary classic Optic Nerve are collected here, dealing with nuanced issues of race, gender, sexuality, and depression.