Daniel Clowes is een gevierde Amerikaanse auteur en cartoonist, bekend om zijn inzichtelijke en vaak duister-humoristische verkenningen van het moderne leven. Zijn werk duikt regelmatig in thema's als vervreemding, voorstedelijke verveling en de zoektocht naar authenticiteit in een gecommercialiseerde wereld. Door zijn kenmerkende visuele stijl en scherpe, geestige dialogen creëert Clowes verhalen die resoneren met een diep begrip van de menselijke conditie, en biedt hij een kritische maar empathische kijk op de maatschappij.
Featuring the first 18 issues of the influential Eightball anthology, this collection showcases Daniel Clowes' signature storytelling and distinctive art style. It includes the original episodes of Ghost World and the short story that inspired the film Art School Confidential, along with a variety of other compelling narratives. Newly designed for paperback, this volume highlights Clowes' unique voice and contributions to the comic genre, making it a must-have for fans and newcomers alike.
Trailing the success of the movie based on Clowes' graphic novel Ghost World (1997) comes this collection of shorter stories from his alternative comic book Eightball . Many of the pieces are tirades, albeit entertaining ones, about things Clowes despises (perhaps the comic should have been called Hateball ). "On Sports" details his contempt for professional athletics, and "Art School Confidential" is an expose of pretentious, talentless poseurs. This approach is carried to its logical peak in "I Hate You Deeply," a litany of the "types" that annoy Clowes, from "fashion plates" to "crybabies, whiners, and sensitive people." Clowes puts his misanthropy in abeyance for slice-of-life stories in which he ruminates during a stroll around his neighborhood or fantasizes about his fellow passengers on a subway. Worthwhile enough, these earlier stories merely presage Clowes' far-more-impressive recent work in which cynicism is presented more subtly, leavened with sympathy, and voiced by well-developed characters. If these pieces lack the heft of Clowes' longer, more ambitious efforts, the best of them are still masterful miniatures.
Patience is an indescribable psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent destruction to deeply personal tenderness in a way that is both quintessentially 'Clowesian', and utterly unique in the author's body of work. This 180-page, full-colour story affords Clowes the opportunity to draw some of the most exuberant and breathtaking pages of his life, and to tell his most suspenseful, surprising and affecting story yet. The story opens in 2012, when Jack Barlow returns home to find Patience, his pregnant girlfriend, murdered. We meet him next in 2029, still haunted by the murder. He hears of a guy who thinks he's invented a device that enables time travel. On the next page Jack is in 2006, watching Patience on her dates with boys. Is one of them the killer?
Shortlisted in the 2012 Angouleme Official Selection Meet Marshall. Divorced, middle-aged, newly unemployed, with next to no prospects, Marshall isn't exactly what you'd call a catch. Then, after nearly an hour, when he's long since given up hope, Natalie appears - breathless, apologising profusely that she went to the wrong place.
Emerging from the 1980s alternative comics scene, Daniel Clowes is a pivotal figure in graphic novel development, known for his serialized Eightball comics. His works, including David Boring and Ice Haven, are celebrated for their sophistication and complexity. Clowes also co-adapted his graphic novel Ghost World into a screenplay with Terry Zwigoff, earning an Academy Award nomination. His distinctive voice and innovative storytelling have significantly influenced the medium of comics and graphic novels.
The bestselling author of Ghost World collects his acclaimed short stories from Eightball and Esquire. The dramatic short stories included in Caricature have drawn comparisons to Nabokov for their complex naturalism and sense of humor. Anchored by the title story, considered the first apotheosis of Clowes' seminal Eightball underground comic book series, Caricature also includes eight other stories, including "Green Eyeliner," a six-page full-color short story originally published in Esquire as the first work of comics to be featured in the magazine's fiction issue (and commissioned by then-editor Dave Eggers). Also included are: a rare fully-painted short, "MCMLXVI," the full-color "Gold Mommy," "Glue Destiny," "Gynecology," "Immortal, Invisible," "Blue Italian Shit," "Like a Weed, Joe," "Black Satin," an all-new cover, and more. Color and black-and-white comics throughout
This is a redesigned reprint of Daniel Clowes's early, unsettling graphic novel.
In this graphic novel, Random Wilder reluctantly guides readers through the sleepy town of Ice Haven. As the local poet, he faces competition from his rival, Ida Wentz, who is prominently featured in the Ice Haven Daily Progress. The story is rich with surprises, unique characters, and includes a classic mystery.
The Death Ray is the story of teen outcast Andy, an orphaned nobody with only one friend, the obnoxious-but-loyal Louie. Indeed, he can and as he learns the extent of his new powers, he discovers a terrible and seductive gadget - a hideous compliment to his seething rage - that forever changes everything.
Discover the adventures of David Boring in this electrifying new graphic novel from the author of Ghost WorldDavid Boring is a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured inner life and an obsessive nature.