![]() ![]() Tomine’s follows the same path, with the added element of his encounters with life as an Asian American, which amplifies his sense of being an outsider even as his star rises. ![]() The insular life of the cartoonist often leads to a small circle of experiences and a deep well of introspection and heightened awareness of the business of ordinary life. (He prefaces the book with a quote about being a famous cartoonist from the slightly more famous cartoonist Dan Clowes, “That’s like being the most famous badminton player.”) In Adrian Tomine’s “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist,” he assembles a series of autobiographical sketches spanning his entire career, mostly concentrating on his grappling with fame or the lack thereof. ![]() Self-deprecation is a chronic condition among cartoonists, its severity worsening with talent. ![]()
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