Shortcomings (comics)

When Miko begins to resent what she interprets as a rejection of both her Asian heritage and of herself, she moves to New York, at which point Ben disastrously attempts to pursue the type of woman he feels he really wants.

After its release, critic Ken Tucker gave Tomine's novel Shortcomings an "A" grade, calling it a "graphic narrative as piercingly realistic as any prose fiction.

"[2] In "World Literature Today", David Shook of the University of Oxford called Tomine's drawing in Shortcomings "characteristically clean and succinct" and praised the novel's success in asking questions "important enough to make raising them a notable effort in itself.

"[4] On March 31, 2021, a film based on the graphic novel was announced to be in development from Roadside Attractions with Randall Park making his feature directorial debut and producing alongside Michael Golamco and Hieu Ho's Imminent Collision.

[5] On August 30, 2022, Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Timothy Simons, and Jacob Batalon were confirmed to be playing roles in the film.