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  <title><![CDATA[Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron]]></title>
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  <default_description>Some consider this comic book novel obtuse; others find it deeply intellectual. Whatever the reaction, it's hard to refute its daring originality and smooth artwork. Described as &quot;a terrifying journey into madness,&quot; the story revolves around Clay Loudermilk as he stumbles upon the mysteries behind a snuff film. Soon he's involved with increasingly bizarre characters who hang in the air like stale cigarette smoke. Fans of movie director David Lynch who aren't already tipped to Daniel Clowes's popular work should take note.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1993</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Weird, gloriously, dangerously weird.  If you liked &quot;David Boring&quot; but disliked how traditional and restrained it was, &quot;Velvet Glove&quot; is the answer.  It can't really be explained, only enjoyed.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this made my head feel fizzy. <br/><br/>and it is one of my favorite titles ever, tied with 'if it werent for venetian blinds, itd be curtains for us all.']]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would have loved this when I was in high school, but I read it for the first time today when I am as jaded as I can possibly get. Well, I guess I am just being nice by saying that. This just seems like Clowes trying to be weird for the sake of being weird. It's like he smoked a lot of pot and watc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58380617">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Clowes has long surpassed this in sophistication but has never matched its sheer bizarreness. A masterpiece.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Deeply, deeply disturbing.<br/><br/>If David Lynch were to write a comic book, this would be it.]]></body>
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    <review id="5356264">
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    <body><![CDATA[The book that first asked the burning question: &quot;What's the frequency, Kenneth?&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="1646116">
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    <body><![CDATA[You don't know twisted until you read this.]]></body>
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    <review id="73821755">
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    <body><![CDATA[When I began reading this, I had no idea it was going to take a turn into the surreal. Being an earlier work, the drawing style isn't as refined as <em>David Boring</em>,<em>Ghost World</em>, etc etc., but it's still beautiful. Reading this gives you the same feeling watching <em>Blue Velvet</em> might. It's wildly unpleasant...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73821755">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Daniel Clowes remains my favorite comic book artist.  I've actually got the series as they were originally published in the individual Eightball comic books, as well as the bound collection. Velvet Glove is also my favorite of his various serials. In my early twenties this serial even inspired a bri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13725767">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44726869">
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    <body><![CDATA[Whenever I take this book down from the shelf and open it to a random page, I am reminded that the characters and situations in it are what's not supposed to exist in the world. It's very dark. The dog, Laura, struck me as a very intense idea. Clowes used dogs who were born without any orifices in o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44726869">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Originally serialized in &quot;Eight Ball,&quot; &quot;Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron&quot; is a long, nauseous tickle of a nightmare. A man is in a porn theater and sees an eerie fetish film...starring his estranged wife. He goes on a mission to find her and runs afoul of a Manson-esque cult and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30888750">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54552993">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the most clausterhobic, over-bearingly lynchian thing I've ever seen in the comic medium. A cast of freakish characters whose stories bump into each other without really interweaving. It's an intense, disorienting, noir-ish nightmare.]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Niels]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I learned from this book? Nothing, but I did pen some of my own stories and made some herbal tea afterwards. The relevance of my comments on this book can be found on page 34. My trips are always of the artsy post-modern kind.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The artwork is great.  The story demands more of me than I'm willing to give, though. It isn't bad, but it is filled with metaphors and subtext that I don't have the time to understand right now. It's dark, it's fun, but it lacks causation and a sense of reality.]]></body>
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    <review id="73683593">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is without a doubt Daniel Clowes's finest hour, bursting with daring and originality.  He is able to evoke the dystopic, dreamlike visions of David Lynch without benefit of motion, sound, or a giant screen.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="58230428">
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    <body><![CDATA[This blew me the fuck away, dark, unpredictable, and engrossing; my favorite graphic novel to date. I wish I actually owned it, 'cause I have a huge urge to pick it up right now.]]></body>
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    <review id="54992023">
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    <body><![CDATA[Insane, insanely good. One of those books you're not comfortable with reading in public. Unforgettable characters and a story line bordering on insanity. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[READ ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING by this man right now. Like Adrian Tomine, he's got a handle on satire, but with a little more absurdity.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is out there and bizarre, but so great.  The description's comparison to David Lynch is an accurate one.]]></body>
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