Killing and Dying

In his first full length work since Shortcomings in 2007 Adrian Tomine has produced another unforgettable collection of stories and characters: Amber Sweet shows the disastrous impact of mistaken identity in a hyper-connected world; A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture details the invention and destruction of a vital new art form in short comic strips; Translated from the Japanese is a lush full-colour display of storytelling through still images; Intruders depicts a man obsessively trying to find his way back to a former life.From the master of the small gesture it is a fraught realist masterpiece about the weight of love and its absence the pride and disappointment of family the anxiety and hopefulness of being alive in the twenty-first century.