I’m a big geek of all things that are geek worthy out on this planet… but I’m especially a comic book geek. In the past two years I’ve been following my new addiction of Adrian Tomine’s illustrated stories (no mutants or mad scientist here) and if anyone has seen his artwork, it’s worthy of a gold frame. So, to my surprise while skimming through his recent sketchbook I find this one piece…

It was a cool looking asian guy holding money in a school setting. Almost instantly I knew that this was from “Better Luck Tomorrow” and used in the New Yorker magazine. I’m sure if we played pictionary and I drew the 3 descriptions I mentioned… you’d be guessing “Long Duk Dong” from “Sixteen Candles”. That’s why Adrian’s drawings are so distinct and that you can’t help but find familiarity and connection to his works. He has done many one piece movie illustrations, but if you had watched BLT you will know that this simple looking art work is not that simple to create such a significant snapshot summary of the movie.

If you want to read something true, honest and sincere, then look for Adrian’s fine works like “Summer Blonde” and “Sleepwalk”… oh so good.

Here's the original shot from BLT