Bücher von Daniel Clowes

Daniel Clowes (b. 1961) emerged from the "alternative comics" boom of the 1980s as one of the most significant cartoonists and most distinctive voices in the development of the graphic novel. His serialized Eightball comics, collected in such books as David Boring, Ice Haven, and Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, helped to set the standards of sophistication and complexity for the medium. The screenplay for Ghost World, which Clowes co-adapted (with Terry Zwigoff) from his graphic novel of the same name, was nominated for an Academy Award.Since his early, edgy Lloyd Llewellyn and Eightball comics, Clowes has developed along with the medium, from a satirical and sometimes vituperative surrealist to an unmatched observer of psychological and social subtleties. In this collection of interviews reaching from 1988 to 2009, the cartoonist discusses his earliest experiences reading superhero comics, his time at the Pratt Institute, his groundbreaking comics career, and his screenplays for Ghost World and Art School Confidential. Several of these pieces are drawn from rare small-press or self-published zines, including Clowes's first published interview. He talks at length about the creative process, from the earliest traces of a story, to his technical approaches to layout, drawing, inking, lettering, and coloring. These interviews reveal a thoughtful artist, deeply interested in the history of comics and the potential of the medium.An assistant professor of English at East Carolina University, Ken Parille is the author of Boys at Home: Discipline, Masculinity, and 'The Boy-Problem' in Nineteenth-Century American Literature. A lecturer in English at the University of Vermont, Isaac Cates has published in Indy Magazine, International Journal of Comic Art, ImageText, and many other periodicals.

Patience und Jack sind ein Außenseiterpaar, beide von der Welt enttäuscht, aber fest entschlossen, eine Familie zu gründen und miteinander glücklich zu werden. Doch das fragile Glück endet jäh, als die schwangere Patience ermordet wird. Fortan widmet Jack sein Leben der besessenen Suche nach dem Mörder, die lange erfolglos bleibt - bis er sich im Jahr 2029, fast 20 Jahre nach der Tat, einen Teleporter beschafft, um den Mord zu verhindern...Die neue Graphic Novel von Daniel Clowes ist ein hypnotisches Leseerlebnis: eine psychedelische Science-Fiction-Lovestory und ein Buch über die ganz großen Fragen: über Leben und Tod, Familie, Liebe, Rache und das Wesen von Raum und Zeit.