# Is "Killing and Dying" by Adrian Tomine a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly, 2015) is identified by: First book edition: Drawn & Quarterly hardcover, 2015, bound in color pictorial boards under a printed translucent mylar dust jacket through which the boards show, with color pictorial endpapers. Several of the six stories first appeared in Optic Nerve issues 12 through 14; the 2015 Drawn & Quarterly hardcover is the first collected book edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First book edition: Drawn & Quarterly hardcover, 2015, bound in color pictorial boards under a printed translucent mylar dust jacket through which the boards show, with color pictorial endpapers
- A first printing carries no later-printing statement on the indicia
- Correct publisher/imprint: Drawn & Quarterly

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Adrian Tomine |
| Publisher | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Year | 2015 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | First book edition: Drawn & Quarterly hardcover, 2015, bound in color pictorial boards under a printed translucent mylar dust jacket… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First book edition: Drawn & Quarterly hardcover, 2015, bound in color pictorial boards under a printed translucent mylar dust jacket through which the boards show, with color pictorial endpapers. A first printing carries no later-printing statement on the indicia.

## Is this the true first?
Several of the six stories first appeared in Optic Nerve issues 12 through 14; the 2015 Drawn & Quarterly hardcover is the first collected book edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Killing and Dying* by Adrian Tomine a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/killing-and-dying
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.