![]() But even if you weren’t an aspiring cartoonist working to join the right publisher, or just not be mistaken for a better-known writer, there is so much truth in everything Tomine writes about. Tomine “redacts” certain people’s real names throughout the book – probably for their benefit rather than anyone else’s. We then follow him through his early years, as he attends Comic Con for the first time, and has some of his work mercilessly mocked by fellow authors that he aspires to become. The book begins with Tomine as a comic-loving kid being mocked by classmates for his obsessive interest in comic books. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist is a memoir of sorts, with Tomine literally sketching vignettes of his life as he persevered to become a renowned cartoonist. ![]() I bought this book off the back of an entertaining interview with the author in The Observer a couple of weeks ago, and I’m incredibly glad I did. ![]()
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