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Issue: Optic Nerve #7
Publication Date: January 1994
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Issues: #7 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAdrian Tomine
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Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 28
ISBN:
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Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Paper stock and printing improves for final time. Cover and interior paper more to standards of independent publishing of the time, with slick stock for cover and heavy white paper for interior pages. This was achieved due to grant from the Xeric Foundation.
Final self-published issue. Series continues with Optic Nerve (1995 Series) #1 from Drawn & Quarterly.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black & white cover (#1-5); color cover (#6,7); black and white interior
Dimensions: various
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Colorist(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Issue: Flag32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 1995
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Indicia and table of contents page, featuring illustration.
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Stammer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Tomine
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: A guy tries to ask a girl out on the street but can't make the words come out right.
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In Content Item: Flag32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 1995
as Stammer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Happy Anniversary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Tomine
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: A guy and a girl discuss their relationship on their anniversary.
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In Content Item: Flag32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 1995
as Happy Anniversary [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEcho Avenue #[nn] published June 1996
as Jahrestag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Official Optic Nerve T-Shirt

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Tomine
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine; typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Optic Nerve t-shirt, available directly from the creator. Ad features new art by Tomine.
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Laundry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Tomine
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: A girl leaves a pair of her panties behind in a dryer, so a guy carries them around with him just in case he ever runs into her again.
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In Content Item: Flag32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 1995
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Pages: 2
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Sleep = Waste

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Tomine
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Adrian Tomine
Synopsis: Adrian discusses how sleeping is a waste of time.
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In Content Item: Flag32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 1995
as Sleep = Waste [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Dine and Dash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Tomine
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: A waiter in a diner goes overboard in stopping a guy who leaves without paying for his food.
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In Content Item: Flag32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 1995
as Dine and Dash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Grind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Tomine
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: A girl grinds her teeth together at night, causing problems with her boyfriend.
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In Content Item: Flag32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 1995
as Grind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Gravelly Voice Of The People

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from cartoonists such as James Kochalka and small spot illustrations.
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The Author Addresses The Audience

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Tomine
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): Adrian Tomine
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A strip with creator Adrian Tomine addressing the audience, explaining his switch from self-publishing to Drawn & Quarterly and thanking his supporters from the past seven issues.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Not reprinted in 32 Stories (Drawn & Quarterly, 1995 series) #[nn].
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Enjoy

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Adrian Tomine
Inker(s): Adrian Tomine
Colorist(s): Adrian Tomine
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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