Daniel Clowes
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Daniel Gillespie Clowes is an American
author
, screenwriter
and cartoonist
of alternative comic books
.
Much of Clowes's work first appeared in his anthology comic Eightball
, which featured self-contained serialized narratives. All of the serialized narratives have been collected and published as graphic novels, most notably Ghost World
. With filmmaker Terry Zwigoff
, Clowes adapted Ghost World into the 2001 film of the same name
, and he also adapted another Eightball story into the 2006 film Art School Confidential.
at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
and attended the Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn
, New York
. After earning his BFA
, he unsuccessfully attempted to find work in New York as an illustrator. From 1985 to 1989 he contributed both art and stories to Cracked magazine, working extensively on a feature called "The Uggly Family."
In 1985, Clowes wrote his first Lloyd Llewellyn
story, which he sent to Fantagraphics' Gary Groth
, and his work soon appeared in issue 13 of the Hernandez brothers' Love and Rockets
. Lloyd Llewellyn became a comic book series; the six regular issues, published in 1986 and 1987, were followed by a special, The All-New Lloyd Llewellyn in Black and White, in 1988.
In 1989, Fantagraphics published the first issue of his periodic comic collection Eightball. Many of Clowes's serials in Eightball have been collected and released as graphic novels, garnering significant critical acclaim and mainstream sales. The first dozen or so issues of Eightball typically contained a number of short comedic stories featuring absurd characters such as Shamrock Squid and Grip Glutz, along with topical satire
s such as Art School Confidential. The first extended piece serialized in Eightball is Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
. Appearing in issues 1-10, this story features a complex, surrealistic
storyline. Later issues have tended to focus on longer narratives, however. Ghost World
was released as a collection in 1997 after being serialized in Eightball (issues 11-18). It was adapted by Clowes and Zwigoff into a full-length feature film
in 2001; both were nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay
. Issues 19-21 serialized David Boring
, which was released as a graphic novel
by Pantheon Books
.
The last two issues of Eightball, (nos. 22 and 23, "Ice Haven" [2001] and "The Death-Ray" [2004]), were each conceived as an artistically ambitious and self-contained work in an oversized, all-color format. Ice Haven
was released in June 2005 by Pantheon in a revised and reformatted hardcover edition.
On September 16, 2007, The New York Times Magazine
published the first installment of Mister Wonderful, a serialized graphic novel by Clowes. Clowes described the novel as a "romance"; it ran for 20 installments, until mid-January 2008. Clowes's most recent graphic novel, Wilson, which did not appear in Eightball, was published by D&Q in May 2010.
Clowes lives in Oakland, California
, with his wife Erika and son Charlie. In 2006, after a prolonged health crisis, Clowes underwent open-heart surgery. His latest graphic novel is a collection of his Mister Wonderful strip featuring added content specific to the standalone release of the story.
(this despite the fact that Clowes has been critical of the term "graphic novel"). His most famous work also coincides temporally with the so-called Generation X
, and the post-adolescent aimlessness identified with that movement has remained one of his signature themes. He has led the way for younger comic artists like Adrian Tomine
and Craig Thompson
who tend to focus on post-adolescent characters and their conflicts. Like his contemporary David Lynch
, Clowes is famous for mixing elements of kitsch
and the grotesque
in his comics, drawn in particular from 1960s pop culture, Mad
, and the San Francisco underground comics scene of that era. This juxtaposition of superficial kitsch and horrific subject matter has since become something of a zeitgeist in much visual art, independent film and underground comics themselves.
Award for Favorite Writer in 1999. He has won numerous Harvey Award
s, including Best Writer in 1997 and 2005, Best Cartoonist in 2002, and Best Single Issue or Story in 1990, 1991, 1998 and 2005.
. He has begun work on three proposed film projects.
) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson
) who detest their high school classmates and delight in mocking others. After graduation they plan on moving in together and avoiding college but instead begin to grow apart as adult alienation takes its toll. The two play a prank on a geeky, old record collector (Steve Buscemi
), who quickly becomes Enid's unlikely friend and confidante as her relationship with Rebecca deteriorates.
The movie was nominated for a host of awards, most notably Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2002 Academy Awards
.
), an art student who dreams of becoming the greatest artist in the world. The movie was not as well received as Ghost World and garnered many poor reviews.
's Black and White Productions.
On December 1, a press release was sent by Drawn & Quarterly, which stated: "Motion-picture rights to The Death-Ray are in development with Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Productions, with noted director Chris Milk attached to direct."
Drawn & Quarterly published The Death Ray as a hardcover graphic novel in October 2011.
have discussed collaborating on a film version of Master of Space and Time
, a Rudy Rucker
novel. Clowes would write the screenplay and Gondry would direct. This project has not advanced beyond the discussion stage.
over the course of 7 years. The project is currently untitled.
United States
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author
Author
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, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
of alternative comic books
Alternative comics
Alternative comics defines a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to "mainstream" superhero comics which in the past have dominated the US comic book industry...
.
Much of Clowes's work first appeared in his anthology comic Eightball
Eightball (comic book)
Eightball is an alternative comic book series written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. The first issue was published by Fantagraphics Books in 1989, soon after the end of Clowes's previous comic series, Lloyd Llewellyn...
, which featured self-contained serialized narratives. All of the serialized narratives have been collected and published as graphic novels, most notably Ghost World
Ghost World
Ghost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books...
. With filmmaker Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheros, and themes of alienation. His fiction films are the features Ghost World , Bad Santa , and Art School Confidential...
, Clowes adapted Ghost World into the 2001 film of the same name
Ghost World (film)
Ghost World is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff, based on the comic book of the same name and screenplay by Daniel Clowes...
, and he also adapted another Eightball story into the 2006 film Art School Confidential.
Biography
In 1979, Clowes finished high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools is a private, co-educational day school in Chicago, Illinois. It is affiliated with the University of Chicago...
and attended the Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. After earning his BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
, he unsuccessfully attempted to find work in New York as an illustrator. From 1985 to 1989 he contributed both art and stories to Cracked magazine, working extensively on a feature called "The Uggly Family."
In 1985, Clowes wrote his first Lloyd Llewellyn
Lloyd Llewellyn
Lloyd Llewellyn is a comic book by Daniel Clowes. The black-and-white series, published by Fantagraphics Books, ran for six issues from April 1986 to June 1987...
story, which he sent to Fantagraphics' Gary Groth
Gary Groth
Gary Groth is an American comic book editor, publisher and critic. He is editor-in-chief of The Comics Journal and a co-founder of Fantagraphics Books.-Early life:...
, and his work soon appeared in issue 13 of the Hernandez brothers' Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets (comics)
Love and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...
. Lloyd Llewellyn became a comic book series; the six regular issues, published in 1986 and 1987, were followed by a special, The All-New Lloyd Llewellyn in Black and White, in 1988.
In 1989, Fantagraphics published the first issue of his periodic comic collection Eightball. Many of Clowes's serials in Eightball have been collected and released as graphic novels, garnering significant critical acclaim and mainstream sales. The first dozen or so issues of Eightball typically contained a number of short comedic stories featuring absurd characters such as Shamrock Squid and Grip Glutz, along with topical satire
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
s such as Art School Confidential. The first extended piece serialized in Eightball is Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Daniel Clowes. The book follows a rather fantastic and paranoid plot, very different from the stark realism of Clowes' later more widely known Ghost World...
. Appearing in issues 1-10, this story features a complex, surrealistic
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
storyline. Later issues have tended to focus on longer narratives, however. Ghost World
Ghost World
Ghost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books...
was released as a collection in 1997 after being serialized in Eightball (issues 11-18). It was adapted by Clowes and Zwigoff into a full-length feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
in 2001; both were nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
. Issues 19-21 serialized David Boring
David Boring
David Boring is a comic series and graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized as issues #19 through 21 of the comic book Eightball before being published in collected form by Pantheon Books in 2000...
, which was released as a graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
by Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American imprint with editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.The current editor-in-chief at Pantheon Books is Dan Frank.-Overview:...
.
The last two issues of Eightball, (nos. 22 and 23, "Ice Haven" [2001] and "The Death-Ray" [2004]), were each conceived as an artistically ambitious and self-contained work in an oversized, all-color format. Ice Haven
Ice Haven
Ice Haven is a 2005 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. The book's contents were originally published as the comic book Eightball #22 and were subsequently reformatted to make the hardcover Ice Haven book....
was released in June 2005 by Pantheon in a revised and reformatted hardcover edition.
On September 16, 2007, The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
published the first installment of Mister Wonderful, a serialized graphic novel by Clowes. Clowes described the novel as a "romance"; it ran for 20 installments, until mid-January 2008. Clowes's most recent graphic novel, Wilson, which did not appear in Eightball, was published by D&Q in May 2010.
Clowes lives in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, with his wife Erika and son Charlie. In 2006, after a prolonged health crisis, Clowes underwent open-heart surgery. His latest graphic novel is a collection of his Mister Wonderful strip featuring added content specific to the standalone release of the story.
Cultural context
Clowes's most famous work is associated with the late 1980s and 1990s, a transformational time for alternative comics. Clowes's work was an important part of the explosion in the popularity of this genre and the newfound respect it garnered from critics and academics. Ghost World was among the earliest "literary" comics to be marketed and sold through conventional book stores as a graphic novelGraphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
(this despite the fact that Clowes has been critical of the term "graphic novel"). His most famous work also coincides temporally with the so-called Generation X
Generation X
Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post–World War II baby boom ended. While there is no universally agreed upon time frame, the term generally includes people born from the early 1960's through the early 1980's, usually no later than 1981 or...
, and the post-adolescent aimlessness identified with that movement has remained one of his signature themes. He has led the way for younger comic artists like Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine , a popular contemporary cartoonist, is best known for his ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and his periodical illustrations in The New Yorker.- Biography :...
and Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
Craig Matthew Thompson is a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-Bye, Chunky Rice , Blankets , Carnet de Voyage and Habibi . Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards...
who tend to focus on post-adolescent characters and their conflicts. Like his contemporary David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
, Clowes is famous for mixing elements of kitsch
Kitsch
Kitsch is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value. The concept is associated with the deliberate use of elements that may be thought of as cultural icons while making cheap mass-produced objects that...
and the grotesque
Grotesque
The word grotesque comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow. The original meaning was restricted to an extravagant style of Ancient Roman decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome at the end of the 15th century...
in his comics, drawn in particular from 1960s pop culture, Mad
Mad (magazine)
Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. Launched as a comic book before it became a magazine, it was widely imitated and influential, impacting not only satirical media but the entire cultural landscape of the 20th century.The last...
, and the San Francisco underground comics scene of that era. This juxtaposition of superficial kitsch and horrific subject matter has since become something of a zeitgeist in much visual art, independent film and underground comics themselves.
Awards
His work in comics has won him a good deal of recognition, including a nomination for the Comics Buyer's GuideComics Buyer's Guide
Comics Buyer's Guide , established in 1971, is the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry...
Award for Favorite Writer in 1999. He has won numerous Harvey Award
Harvey Award
The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman and founded by Gary Groth, President of the publisher Fantagraphics, are given for achievement in comic books. The Harveys were created as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards which were discontinued after 1987.The Harvey Awards are...
s, including Best Writer in 1997 and 2005, Best Cartoonist in 2002, and Best Single Issue or Story in 1990, 1991, 1998 and 2005.
Screenwriting career
Clowes has written two movies based on his comic works, Ghost World and Art School Confidential, both of which were directed by Terry ZwigoffTerry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheros, and themes of alienation. His fiction films are the features Ghost World , Bad Santa , and Art School Confidential...
. He has begun work on three proposed film projects.
Ghost World (2001)
Set in a nondescript American town, Ghost World follows the misadventures of two best friends, Enid (Thora BirchThora Birch
Thora Birch is an American actress. She was a child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as All I Want for Christmas , Patriot Games , Hocus Pocus , Now and Then , and Alaska . She came to prominence in 1999 after earning worldwide attention and praise for her performance in American Beauty...
) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model and singer.Johansson made her film debut in North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo . She rose to further prominence with her roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World...
) who detest their high school classmates and delight in mocking others. After graduation they plan on moving in together and avoiding college but instead begin to grow apart as adult alienation takes its toll. The two play a prank on a geeky, old record collector (Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...
), who quickly becomes Enid's unlikely friend and confidante as her relationship with Rebecca deteriorates.
The movie was nominated for a host of awards, most notably Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2002 Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
.
Art School Confidential (2006)
The movie is based very loosely on a short story of the same name that appeared in Eightball #7. Art School Confidential follows Jerome (Max MinghellaMax Minghella
Max Giorgio Choa Minghella is an English actor. The son of film director Anthony Minghella, he has appeared in several dramatic American films, making his feature film debut in 2005's Bee Season and starring in 2006's Art School Confidential...
), an art student who dreams of becoming the greatest artist in the world. The movie was not as well received as Ghost World and garnered many poor reviews.
The Death Ray
In the summer of 2004, Clowes released issue 23 of Eightball, a single-story issue entitled "The Death Ray." In July 2006, Clowes announced that he would be writing a script for The Death Ray, to be produced by Jack BlackJack Black (actor)
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black is an American comedian, actor and musician. He makes up one half of the comedy and satirical rock duo Tenacious D. The group has two albums as well as a television series and a film. His acting career is extensive, starring primarily as bumbling, cocky, but internally...
's Black and White Productions.
On December 1, a press release was sent by Drawn & Quarterly, which stated: "Motion-picture rights to The Death-Ray are in development with Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Productions, with noted director Chris Milk attached to direct."
Drawn & Quarterly published The Death Ray as a hardcover graphic novel in October 2011.
Master of Space and Time (TBD)
Clowes and Michel GondryMichel Gondry
Michel Gondry is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. - Life and career :...
have discussed collaborating on a film version of Master of Space and Time
Master of Space and Time
Master of Space and Time is a 1984 novel by Rudy Rucker that centers on an inventor, Harry Gerber, who discovers a way to create his own tailor-made universe....
, a Rudy Rucker
Rudy Rucker
Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and philosopher, and is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of...
novel. Clowes would write the screenplay and Gondry would direct. This project has not advanced beyond the discussion stage.
Untitled Raiders adaptation project (TBD)
Clowes has been attached to write a screenplay based on the true story of three boys who made a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise...
over the course of 7 years. The project is currently untitled.
Illustrations
- Clowes's artwork can be seen in the RamonesRamonesThe Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
video for their Tom WaitsTom WaitsThomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
cover "I Don't Want to Grow Up". - He has illustrated over 20 record covers, including The Supersuckers album The Smoke of HellThe Smoke of HellThe Smoke of Hell is the first studio album from the American rock and roll band The Supersuckers. It was released onSeptember 1, 1992 on Sub Pop records...
and Everything Looks Better in the Dark by Frank FrenchFrank FrenchFrank French is an American rock drummer from Sacramento, California. He is a former member of a number of bands like True West, TWR, the Inversions, and Cake. Notably, he was the original drummer for the latter band, departing from the band after the release of their debut album, Motorcade of...
and Kevn Kinney . - An OK SodaOK SodaOK Soda was a soft drink created by The Coca-Cola Company in 1993 that aggressively courted the Generation X demographic with unusual advertising tactics, including endorsements and even outright negative publicity. It did not sell well in select test markets and was officially declared out of...
vending machine, with art by Clowes, appears in several shots in director Christopher Guest's 1997 mockumentary Waiting for GuffmanWaiting for GuffmanWaiting for Guffman is a mockumentary starring, co-written and directed by Christopher Guest that was released in 1997. Its cast included Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Parker Posey and others who would appear in several of the subsequent mockumentaries directed by Guest.The title of...
. - Clowes created the movie poster for the 1998 film Happiness (directed by Todd SolondzTodd SolondzTodd Solondz is an American independent film screenwriter and director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background...
). - Clowes's Eightball illustrations appeared on skateboardSkateboardA skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surfing craze of the early 1960s,...
decks for Santa Cruz Skateboards in the early 1990s. One deck was reissued in black and white in 2006. - Clowes drew the cover art for Encounter Briefs, a fictional comic book featured in the film PaulPaul (film)Paul is a 2011 science fiction comedy film directed by Greg Mottola, written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. It stars Pegg, Frost, and the voice of Seth Rogen as the title character...
.
Selected works
Comic books
- Lloyd LlewellynLloyd LlewellynLloyd Llewellyn is a comic book by Daniel Clowes. The black-and-white series, published by Fantagraphics Books, ran for six issues from April 1986 to June 1987...
#1-#6 (1986–1987) and a special (1988) - EightballEightball (comic book)Eightball is an alternative comic book series written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. The first issue was published by Fantagraphics Books in 1989, soon after the end of Clowes's previous comic series, Lloyd Llewellyn...
#1-#23. #23 was released in June 2004 - Wilson (2010). Wilson was Clowes' first all-new graphic novel that had not been serialized before being presented in book form.
Collections and graphic novels
- #$@&!: The Official Lloyd Llewellyn Collection (Fantagraphics, 1989, ISBN 0930193903)
- Lout Rampage! (Fantagraphics, 1991, ISBN 978-1560970705) — Short stories from Eightball
- Like a Velvet Glove Cast in IronLike a Velvet Glove Cast in IronLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Daniel Clowes. The book follows a rather fantastic and paranoid plot, very different from the stark realism of Clowes' later more widely known Ghost World...
(Fantagraphics, 1993, ISBN 1560971169) — Eightball #1-#10 - Pussey!: The Complete Saga of Young Dan Pussey (Fantagraphics, 1995, ISBN 978-1560971832) — Eightball #1, #3, #4, #6, #8, #9, #12, #14
- Orgy Bound (Fantagraphics, 1996, ISBN 978-1560973027) — Short stories from Eightball
- Ghost WorldGhost WorldGhost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books...
(Fantagraphics, 1997, ISBN 1560974273) — Eightball #11-#18 - CaricatureCaricature (Daniel Clowes collection)Caricature is a book collection of nine comic short stories by Daniel Clowes. In contrast to earlier Clowes collections such as Lout Rampage! and Orgy Bound, Caricature concentrates on the more naturalistic, character-focused side of Clowes's output displayed in Ghost World...
(Fantagraphics, 1998, ISBN 978-1560973294) — Compilation of several Eightball short stories and one story ("Green Eyeliner") that appeared in Esquire - David BoringDavid BoringDavid Boring is a comic series and graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized as issues #19 through 21 of the comic book Eightball before being published in collected form by Pantheon Books in 2000...
(Pantheon BooksPantheon BooksPantheon Books is an American imprint with editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.The current editor-in-chief at Pantheon Books is Dan Frank.-Overview:...
, 2000, ISBN 978-0375406928) — Eightball #19-#21 - Twentieth Century EightballTwentieth Century EightballTwentieth Century Eightball is a book collection of comics by Daniel Clowes published by Fantagraphics Books in 2002. It consists of numerous short pieces originally published in Clowes's Eightball , and other venues...
(Fantagraphics, 2002, ISBN 978-1560974369) — Compilation of several Eightball short stories - Ice HavenIce HavenIce Haven is a 2005 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. The book's contents were originally published as the comic book Eightball #22 and were subsequently reformatted to make the hardcover Ice Haven book....
(Pantheon, 2005, ISBN 9780375423321) — Reformatted and expanded version of the experimental, multi-layered narrative in Eightball #22 - Wilson (Drawn and QuarterlyDrawn and QuarterlyDrawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by Chris Oliveros, and based in Montreal, Quebec. Its focus is on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics. Drawn and Quarterly was also the title of the company's flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s...
, 2010, ISBN 978-1770460072) — One of nine Amazon Best Books of the Month selections for April 2010 - Mister Wonderful: A Love Story (Pantheon Books, 2011, ISBN 978-0307378132)
- The Death-Ray (Drawn and QuarterlyDrawn and QuarterlyDrawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by Chris Oliveros, and based in Montreal, Quebec. Its focus is on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics. Drawn and Quarterly was also the title of the company's flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s...
, 2011, ISBN 9781770460515) — Eightball #23
Movies
- Ghost WorldGhost World (film)Ghost World is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff, based on the comic book of the same name and screenplay by Daniel Clowes...
(2001) - Art School Confidential (2006)
Miscellaneous
- Eightball postcards
- Ghost World: A Screenplay
- Dan DeBonoDan DeBonoDaniel DeBono is an American writer and novelist. He grew up in Chesterfield, Michigan. He graduated from L'anse Creuse High School North and attended Wayne State University from 1982 to 1985.-Career:...
's Indy - created original cover and interviewed - Cracked – recurring strip, "The UGGLY Family", in the mid-1980s
- National Lampoon
- Little Enid doll
- Enid & Rebecca Cloth Dolls
- Enid Hi-Fashion Glamour Doll
- Pogeybait Doll
- "Boredom" – a mock board game
- Santa Cruz Skateboards – Corey O'Brien board 1991
- The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
cover, May 24, 2010
Commercial work
- OK SodaOK SodaOK Soda was a soft drink created by The Coca-Cola Company in 1993 that aggressively courted the Generation X demographic with unusual advertising tactics, including endorsements and even outright negative publicity. It did not sell well in select test markets and was officially declared out of...
– Clowes was one of the main illustrators for OK Soda cans and print materials, along with fellow Fantagraphics artist Charles BurnsCharles Burns (cartoonist)Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
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External links
- Daniel Clowes Bibliography: The most detailed site on the web for information on Clowes and his work.
- Daniel Clowes at Fantagraphics: The publisher's page with biography.
- Daniel Clowes: Biography & discussion of different comics and characters
- Daniel Clowes on BBC Collective: Interview and Ice Haven screensaver
- Girls' world – The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, November 3, 2001.- Interview with Clowes around the time of the release of Ghost WorldGhost WorldGhost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books...
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- Interview with Clowes around the time of the release of Ghost World
- 2011 radio interview at The Bat Segundo ShowThe Bat Segundo ShowThe Bat Segundo Show is a podcast based in New York run by writer and literary critic Edward Champion.The program features comprehensive interviews with prominent figures in arts and culture, with a special focus on literature. Past guests have included David Mitchell, David Lynch, Amy Sedaris,...
- rcn.com Comic Book Awards Almanac
- McSweeney's: Daniel Clowes interviewed by Mike Sacks