Daniel Clowes





Daniel Clowes

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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
April 14, 1961

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Daniel Gillespie Clowes is an Academy Award-nominated American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books. Most of Clowes' work appears first in his ongoing anthology Eightball (1989-present), a collection of self-contained narratives and serialized graphic novels. Several of these narratives have been collected published separately as graphic novels, most notably Ghost World. With filmmaker Terry Zwigoff, Clowes adapted Ghost World into the 2000 film of the same name, and also adapted another Eightball story into the 2006 film Art School Confidential. Before Eightball, Clowes worked on comic book series Lloyd Llewellyn, which in the later issues stronger foreshadowed some of the social criticism of his work with Eightba...more


Average rating: 3.88 · 46,810 ratings · 2,195 reviews · 33 distinct works · Similar authors
Ghost World
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 25,330 ratings — published 1998 — 23 editions
David Boring
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 3,963 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 3,377 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions
Ice Haven
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 2,766 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions
Wilson
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 2,786 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
Twentieth Century Eightball
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,776 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
Caricature
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,540 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions
Mister Wonderful: A Love Story
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,416 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
The Death-Ray
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,380 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions
Pussey!
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 867 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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“The secret to being alone is to organize your time; to develop habits and routines and gradually elevate their importance to where they seem almost like normal, healthy activities.”
Daniel Clowes, Caricature

“I believe in the transformative power of cinema. It is only through this shared dream-experience that we can transcend the oppressive minutiae of daily existence and find some spiritual connection in the deeper reality of our mutual desire. ”
Daniel Clowes

“Everybody just lets the media do their thinking for them... that's why you'll never hear any reggae on the radio!”
Daniel Clowes, Ghost World

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