illustrations and has done several magazine covers for The New Yorker; his first was the sequence entitled "Missed Connection". Tomine also illustrated the "Alpha Teens," a group of cartoon characters who appeared in commercial bumpers for Noggin's teen block, The N. Collected works 1998 – 32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics () 1998 – Sleepwalk and Other Stories () 2002 – Summer Blonde () 2004 – Scrapbook: Uncollected Work 1990–2004 () 2005 – New York Sketches 2004 () 2007 – Shortcomings () 2011 – Scenes From an Impending Marriage () 2012 – New York Drawings () 2015 – Killing and Dying () 2020 – The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist () Awards 2021 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir for The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist References 9 Lindberg, Melissa “Her Name is Shizuko”—A Mother’s Influence (May 5, 2021). Library of Congress May 5, 2021. External links Tomine page at Drawn & Quarterly Tomine page at lambiek.net Nichi Bei Times interview Scene Missing Magazine interviews Adrian Tomine Hand-written interview with Adrian Tomine from ifpthendirt. Comics Reporter: Tom Spurgeon: A short interview with Adrian Tomine Adrian Tomine interview (December 2004) for QRD Review of Shortcomings @ The Culturatti Tomine interview (Jan 2008) Fresh Air, NPR 2011 radio interview (50 minutes) at The Bat Segundo Show "Interview with Adrian Tomine". The New Yorker. July 26, 2010. "Q&A with New Yorker Magazine about "Killing and Dying".The New Yorker. January 15, 2015. 1974 births Living people Alternative cartoonists American graphic novelists American people of Japanese descent Harvey Award winners for Best New Talent Artists from Berkeley, California University of California, Berkeley alumni Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area American male novelists American novelists of Asian descent American cartoonists