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Shortcomings / Adrian Tomine

Public ISBD Title : Shortcomings Material Type: printed text Authors: Adrian Tomine, Author Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly Publication Date: 2007 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-89729-916-6 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Graphic Novels and Comics Media, Art and Culture Race/Anti-Racism Abstract: Shortcomings is Tomines longest story to date – his first graphic novel-length tale at all – reprinting a three-issue storyline from Tomines irregular comic, Optic Nerve. But his virtues and interests are still those of a short-story writer: close evocation of character, realistic dialogue, small-scale events. None of the events are overly dramatic…but the main character certainly is. Shortcomings [printed text] / Adrian Tomine, Author . - [S.l.] : Drawn and Quarterly, 2007. ISBN : 978-1-89729-916-6 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Graphic Novels and Comics Media, Art and Culture Race/Anti-Racism Abstract: Shortcomings is Tomines longest story to date – his first graphic novel-length tale at all – reprinting a three-issue storyline from Tomines irregular comic, Optic Nerve. But his virtues and interests are still those of a short-story writer: close evocation of character, realistic dialogue, small-scale events. None of the events are overly dramatic…but the main character certainly is.

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Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
GRA TOM 2007	GRA TOM 2007	Livre/Book	QPIRG-McGill	Graphic Novels (QM)	Available
MED TOM 2007	MED TOM 2007	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Media, Art & Culture	Available

AYA / Marguerite Abouet

Public ISBD Title : AYA : Life in Yop City Material Type: printed text Authors: Marguerite Abouet, Author ; Clement Oubrerie, Author Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly Publication Date: 2015 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-7704-6082-9 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black/Anti-Black Family and Relationships Fiction Graphic Novels and Comics Abstract: Ivory Coast, 1978. It’s a golden time, and the nation, too—an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa—seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet’s youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted 19-year old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It’s wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City. AYA : Life in Yop City [printed text] / Marguerite Abouet, Author ; Clement Oubrerie, Author . - [S.l.] : Drawn and Quarterly, 2015. ISBN : 978-1-7704-6082-9 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black/Anti-Black Family and Relationships Fiction Graphic Novels and Comics Abstract: Ivory Coast, 1978. It’s a golden time, and the nation, too—an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa—seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet’s youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted 19-year old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It’s wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City.

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Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
GRA ABO 2015	GRA ABO 2015	Livre/Book	QPIRG-McGill	Graphic Novels (QM)	Available