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Issue: Shortcomings #[nn]
Publication Date: September 2007
 
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Publisher: FlagDrawn & Quarterly
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Indicia Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
On Sale Date: 2007
Volume:
Pages: 120
ISBN: 9781897299166
UPC/EAN: 9781897299166
Price: $22.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Two colour dustjacket; Black and white interior
Dimensions: Slightly smaller than standard Modern Age US
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Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publishing Format: One-shot
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3 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
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Shortcomings

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Typeset
Subject Matter
drama
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Actual hardcover depicts a ruler wrapping around the bottom of the cover.
dustjacket

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Credits
Peter Stranglmayr (photo); Adrian Tomine
Peter Stranglmayr (photo); Adrian Tomine
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Typeset
Subject Matter
Adrian Tomine
Front cover has two characters staring forward (same layout as Optic Nerve 10, but different characters). Back of dustjacket has similar layout with same characters as Optic Nerve 10 but different drawing. Back also has reviews by Jonathan Lethem, The Village Voice and The New York Times Book Review. Inside front flap is short overview of book, inside back flap is short bio and picture of Adrian Tomine.
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FlagShortcomings #[nn] [unnamed variant] published April 2009
 
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[untitled]

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Credits
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
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Subject Matter
Inside front cover and first page are design of flowers (like on dust jacket). Next page is blank. Next page is typeset title on lower right side of page. Next two pages are title with small drawings and bios of the major characters in the book. Next page is copyright page. Next page is dedication "For Sarah". Next page is blank. Next page is "Chapter One". Next page is blank.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
drama
For most of my life I had felt distant from my grandfather...
Ben Tanaka has a Japanese girlfriend but is attracted to white women.
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FlagOptic Nerve #9 published January 2004
 
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Chapter Two

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Page with Chapter Two on it followed by a blank page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
drama
Hello. This is a new piece. It's entitled 'Fallujah.'
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FlagOptic Nerve #10 published October 2005
 
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Chapter Three

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Page with Chapter Three on it followed by a blank page.
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2
6 pictures of an asian girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
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FlagOptic Nerve #11 published March 2007
 
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[untitled]

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Two blank pages, followed by an acknowledgments page followed by two more blank pages. Inside back cover spread is same as inside front cover spread. Back cover is wraparound from front cover (ruler).
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