Adrian Tomine's 6 favorite graphic short story collections

The comic book author and New Yorker contributor recommends works by Jaime Hernandez, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, and more

Cartoonist Adrian Tomine
(Image credit: Adrian Tomine)

The Girl From H.O.P.P.E.R.S. by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics, $20). These beautifully drawn stories feature some of the most believable, diverse, and indelible characters in the history of comics. "The Return of Ray D." and "Spring 1982" changed my life, and are still among my favorite short stories in any medium.

RAW edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly (out of print). Including this anthology is a bit of a cheat, since the work in it ranges across various formats, but this book gave me my introduction to international comics, art comics, and comics as literary short stories. It's arguably the most significant compendium of modern cartooning, and certainly the one that most deserves republication.

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