Archive for: Daniel Clowes

Toth, Internalized

by James Romberger Since I am precisely the type of brutally obsessive yet overly sensitive observer that qualifies me to write for The Hooded Utilitarian, I am unable to ignore a few references I have seen online to my “fannish adoration” of the work of genius cartoonist Alex Toth. Answering them also gives me the [...]

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Review: Dan Clowes’ Wilson

Synopsis with significant spoilers. “Wilson is a big-hearted slob, a lonesome bachelor, a devoted father and husband, an idiot, a sociopath, a delusional blowhard, a delicate flower.” His misanthropic existence is filled with misdirected rage and a search for meaning and connection. His closest companion is his pet dog, Pepper, but his father’s death prompts [...]

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Ghost World: Hateable Girls, Part Eleventy-Billion

‘Show, don’t tell’ the saying goes, and that’s what Clowes does here.  Ghost World, as those who’ve been reading along are aware, is the story of two teenaged girls fresh from highschool named Enid and Rebecca.  Ghost World chronicles some episodic interludes in their relationship and Enid’s life. With its purposefully ugly art, limited color [...]

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Ghost World Roundtable: The Comics Outside the Story & Other Things

[Editorial Update: This is a post in a roundtable on Ghost World. The first, by kinukitty is here. The second by Charles Reece can be found here. Richard's contribution can be found here and Noah's take here.] I bought a hardcover collection of Ghost World sometime in 1997 because I enjoyed Dan Clowes’ story in [...]

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Ghost World: Pander to Me (Ghost World Roundtable)

Editorial Update: This is the third post in a roundtable on Ghost World. The first two can be found here and here. ________________________ I read “Ghost World” for the first time last week, and my initial reaction was fairly positive, though it was hard for me to explain why. As I thought more about it, [...]

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