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Cartoonist Adrian Tomine, creator of Summer Blonde among other things, shares a New York City moment:

I went out to dinner with my wife at a sushi place in Brooklyn. Right as we were seated at our table, the couple at the adjacent table begins the following exchange:

WOMAN: So, did you read that book I gave you?

MAN: Which one?

WOMAN: The comic. Summer Blonde.

MAN: Oh, yeah. I hated it.

Sunday, October 7, 2007, 5:21pm. Comics, Life. Permalink. Comments RSS. Leave a comment or a trackback.

2 Comments

  1. austin kleon wrote:

    haha, that’s hilarious.

    Sunday, October 7, 2007 at 8:19pm | Permalink
  2. Mark Larson wrote:

    Yes, and it gets worse! I have no idea how I’d respond if I were in the same place.

    Sunday, October 7, 2007 at 8:42pm | Permalink

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