Daniel Clowes

Twentieth 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. Most of the contents previously appeared in the earlier, out-of-print collections Lout Rampage! and …

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. Ice Haven takes the form of 29 short, stylistically diverse comic strips about different residents of the small town …

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 "a terrifying journey into madness," the story revolves around Clay Loudermilk as he stumbles upon the mysteries behind a snuff film. Soon …

David Boring is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Daniel Clowes. It was serialized in issues #19–21 of the Clowes's comic book Eightball and appeared in collected form from Pantheon Books in 2000. The book depicts the misadventures of its eponymous character, whose main interests are finding the "perfect woman" …

Ghost World is a graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. It was serialized in issues #11–18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books. It was a commercial and critical success and developed into a cult classic. Ghost World follows the day-to-day lives of best …

Dan Clowes described the story in Ghost World as the examination of "the lives of two recent high school graduates from the advantaged perch of a constant and (mostly) undetectable eavesdropper, with the shaky detachment of a scientist who has grown fond of the prize microbes in his petri dish." From this perch comes …