Daniel Clowes
1) Monica
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story--actually, stories--of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists, Monica is a multilayered masterpiece in comics form that alludes to many of the genres that have defined...
2) Ghost world
Author
Language
English
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Description
One of the best-selling and critically-acclaimed graphic novels of all-time telling the story of two supremely ironic, above-it-all teenagers facing the thrilling uncertainty of life after high school. As they attempt to carry their life-long friendship into a new era, the careful dynamics of their inseparable bond are jolted, and what seemed like a future of endless possibilities looks more like an encroaching reality of strip malls, low-paying service...
3) Wilson
Author
Language
English
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Description
Presents the graphic tale of an opinionated middle-aged loner whose inability to connect with anyone but his dog compels him to seek human companionship, an effort complicated by the discovery of a teenage daughter he never knew.
5) Patience
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A cosmic timewarp deathtrip to the primordial infinite of everlasting love"--Back cover.
6) David Boring
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel in which a nineteen-year-old security guard named David Boring, in search of the girl of his dreams, winds up in a tangled web of obsession, murder, and family dysfunction. Contains adult content.
11) Caricature
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
©1998.
Language
English
Description
A collection of nine short stories with underlying emotional resonance, ironic detachment and morose humour.
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Collecting issues 1-18 of the iconic Daniel Clowes comics anthology Eightball; it contains the original installments of Ghost World, the short that the film Art School Confidential was based on, and much more, newly designed for paperback by the author. The beloved comic book series Eightball made Daniel Clowes' name even before he gained fame as a bestselling graphic novelist (Ghost World, Patience, David Boring, Ice Haven) and screenwriter. From...
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When two friends tape record their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally create one of the first viral pop-culture sensations. Blurring the lines between art and exploitation, this "audio misadventure" is a darkly comic modern fable. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize World Cinema - Documentary at the **Sundance Film Festival**. "*Alternately hilarious and discomfiting, and finally rather poignant.*" - Dennis Harvey, ***Variety***
17) Wilson
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife and meets his teenage daughter for the first time.
18) Ghost world
Language
English
Description
Two recent high school graduates wreak havoc on all who cross their path, until an oddball loner looking for Miss Right comes into their lives. These social misfits learn the hard way that life after high school gets even weirder than they thought it would.
19) Nancy is happy
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Stories of a typical and somewhat mischievous eight-year-old girl.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Jerome goes to art school in the hopes of having his genuine ability recognized. Instead he finds that his teachers are self-obsessed has-beens and his peers are jaded and floundering. To make matters worse, Jerome finds himself being investigated for a series of gruesome stranglings. He becomes obsessed with a lovely student named Audrey, but she is more interested in the hunky Jonah, whose crude yet acclaimed paintings of cars and tanks make Jerome...