Book cover for "Q&A", all white with 4 art utensils laid out in an even parallel row: a white mechanical pencil, half of a blue mechanical pencil, a wooden bodied fountain pen and a skinny paint brush.
Page excerpt of a 4 panel black and white comic about an artist checking his PO Box and receiving a demanding letter.
Page excerpt, featuring a Q&A format block of text, with a mid length question, a longer answer and a short footnote.
Page excerpt, featuring a black and white comic illustration of a man standing in a very messy room. Below, is a paragraph of text.
Book cover for "Q&A", all white with 4 art utensils laid out in an even parallel row: a white mechanical pencil, half of a blue mechanical pencil, a wooden bodied fountain pen and a skinny paint brush.
Page excerpt of a 4 panel black and white comic about an artist checking his PO Box and receiving a demanding letter.
Page excerpt, featuring a Q&A format block of text, with a mid length question, a longer answer and a short footnote.
Page excerpt, featuring a black and white comic illustration of a man standing in a very messy room. Below, is a paragraph of text.

Adrian Tomine - Q & A (Softcover)

$ 16.95

Softcover, 168 pages, Measures 5" x 7.1"

Everything you wanted to know about storytelling or Adrian Tomine but were too afraid to ask

“That would’ve been too easy and spontaneous for me, and I had to find a way to make everything more complicated.”

And yet for over thirty years, bestselling author, screenwriter, and New Yorker cover artist Adrian Tomine’s work has set the standard for contemporary storytelling. With Tomine, his readership has grown from the dedicated following of his comic-book series Optic Nerve to include a wider but still engaged, opinionated, and ever-inquiring public. And now, for the first time in print, Tomine responds to his readers directly, tackling their questions and comments with generosity, humor, and vulnerability.

Q&A is one part personal history, one part masterclass in crafting quality entertainment. With questions pulled from his time at the Substack Writers’ Residency, and with additional, new material, Q&A is an indispensable addition to the collections of eagle-eyed fans and aspiring artists, writers, and cartoonists alike.

Tomine answers questions about his preferred tools, his creative process, the ups and downs of adaptation, and perhaps most importantly—how to pronounce his last name. Illustrated with drafts, outtakes, and photos from the artist’s personal collection, this rare peek into the mind of a contemporary cartooning giant lays out the method to his meticulous brand of madness. The artist looks back on his career in response to queries from his—maybe adoring but mostly curious—public with his signature dry wit and unflinching, self-deprecating honesty.