In Adrian Tomine’s New York, strangers in two passing subway cars connect, or next door neighbors bashfully turn away from each other, children gaze wistfully at the cityscape or cautiously at its streets, people are all alone, yet inevitably, irrepressibly connected. Tomine’s New York Drawings , which hits bookstores early next week, collects a decade of illustrations, sketches, drawings and, perhaps most recognizably, covers of The New Yorker in a beautiful single volume. We’ve picked out a few of our favorite illustrations (the first slide is this writer’s favorite cover of The New Yorker, bar none) after the jump. Click through to get just a taste of this great book, and if you happen to be in New York next week, you might consider stopping by to see the artist on October 2nd at McNally Jackson — otherwise, catch him at another stop on his tour.
Missed Connection, 2004. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
International Incident, 2005. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
From New York Sketches, 2004. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
From New York Sketches, 2004. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
Me Media, 2006. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
Bored of Tourism, 2007. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
Be Kind, 2008. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
Be Loyal, 2008. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
Double Feature, 2009. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
Looking for Someone, 2011. Image credit: Adrian Tomine
