![]() ![]() In "Amber Sweet," a young woman is repeatedly addressed in lewd ways when she is out and about, and she discovers that she looks like a famous porn star named Amber Sweet. Interestingly, this story ends on a somewhat positive note as he comes to a resolution about his aspirations. His attempts to find buyers and to place his art in a nursery fail, and his frustrations come out with his wife and child. In "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as 'Hortisculpture,'" a man working as a gardener has aspirations to creating a new art form combining ceramic sculpture and living plant life. The simple, clean drawing style in either monochromatic shading or muted coloring complements the focus on the mundane situations of the stories while contrasting with the sometimes difficult emotional reactions that the characters have. His characters are seldom heroic but rather petty or otherwise mired in their own sense of martyrdom. Adriane Tomine's Killing and Dying (Drawn and Quarterly, 2015) is a collection of six illustrated stories about different individuals' relationships with various intimates and family members.Īs in his previous work, Tomine provides glimpses into interpersonal dynamics that are often unsavory. ![]()
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