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by Alvin Buenaventura (Author, Editor), George (Introduction by) Meyer (Contributor), Kristine (Interview by) Mckenna (Contributor), Format: Kindle Edition
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This collection from the New York Times–bestselling graphic novelist includes his most beloved illustrations and rare, previously unpublished works.

Throughout his decades-long career, alternative cartoonist and screenwriter Daniel Clowes has always been ahead of artistic and cultural movements. The creator of acclaimed graphic novels like Ghost World and David Boring, Clowes is widely praised for his emotionally compelling narratives that reimagine the ways that stories can be told in comics. 

The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist is the first monograph on this award-winning, New York Times–bestselling creator. It includes all of Clowes’s best-known illustrations, rare and previously unpublished work, as well as interviews and essays by Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, and others.
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Chip Kidd is best known for his iconic book jackets but is also a novelist, archivist, and influencer in the world of cartooning and pop culture. He lives in New York, NY.

Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware is an American cartoonist known for his Acme Novelty Library series (begun 1994) and the graphic novels Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (2000), Building Stories (2012) and Rusty Brown (2019). His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional torment and depression. He tends to use a vivid color palette and realistic, meticulous detail. His lettering and images are often elaborate and sometimes evoke the ragtime era or another early 20th-century American design style.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B017N1K0L2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ABRAMS Comic Arts; Illustrated edition (April 1, 2012)
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Daniel Clowes is the acclaimed cartoonist of the seminal comic book series EIGHTBALL, and the graphic novels GHOST WORLD, DAVID BORING, ICE HAVEN, WILSON, MR. WONDERFUL and THE DEATH-RAY as well as the subject of the monograph THE ART OF DANIEL CLOWES: MODERN CARTOONIST, published in conjunction with a major retrospective at the Oakland Museum of California. He is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, the recipient of numerous awards including the PEN Award for literature, Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz, and a frequent cover artist for the New Yorker. He is married and lives in Oakland, CA.

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Gene Farwell
5.0 out of 5 stars Daniel Clowes wows
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2013
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If you have never seen Daniel Clowes art you are missing out on artistic brilliance. The way he draws and uses colors is quite extoaordinay, to say the least. His poster work for some of the great Seattle grunge bands and lesser known indie bands is remarkable. His ability to blend 50's & 60's Pop art with modern day realism is very cool. If you truly love comic art that is sometimes a little edgy, this book is for you.
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Michael Alan Rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s big hard cover
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2021
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Wonderful quality
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5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend it to everyone who loves his art
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2017
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A very accurate mix of pictures, drawings, life and photographs about Daniel Clowes. I recommend it to everyone who loves his art.
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Michael Cohen
4.0 out of 5 stars Get It
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2013
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The usual tiresome and uninformative comic monograph articles and reproductions of Clowes work that you already own is augmented in this book by a number of rare graphic design pieces, covers orignal artwork and impressive emphemera. These make up the most interesting body of Clowe's work I've seen in the last 8 or so years and would be much more expensive to obtain outside of this volume. You should buy it.
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Melanie
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017
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Wonderful images- wish there were more but I still love it. Gave this out as a gift and it was well received.
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Fernando Galassi
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2014
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Came really quick in perfect quality! Awesome!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2014
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Really enjoyable read.
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Noah and Jenn
5.0 out of 5 stars a great tribute to a modern master
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2012
Went to Barnes and Noble and decided to see if they had the new Love and Rockets...after wading past the ubiquitous half dozen teenagers lounging on the floor reading Manga and X-Men, my eyes fell on this gem. This book is long overdue. Clowes is probably the greatest cartoonist of our time, and I'm proud to have been a follower from the beginning. I have to say that I've fallen away the past several years...Mr. Wonderful and Wilson kind of left me cold, seemed like he's trying too hard to be the comic equivalent of the low key Wes Anderson type indie films, which I love, but I miss Clowes earlier, quirkier, pop and trash culture tinged work. That being said, this book is full of that kind of stuff. Being a big fan of 50s comics, his Uggly Family caught my eye back in the 80s...it reminded me of Krigstein meets the Munsters. Soon after he started doing Lloyd Llewellyn, and then 8ball. This book is chock full of art and ephemera from that period...unused ideas, original art, unseen art, and photos of the actual knick nacks and gee-gaws that inspired stuff like the Worry Bird, pipe smoking girl and the Laughin' Spittin Man (stuff I still keep my eyes peeled for when shopping thrift and antique stores). I'm sure Clowes has grown as an artist and his new work has a lot more cultural relevance, and not to sound like an old crank...I do appreciate what he's doing now, I just think this book is awesome because it has so many treasures from his early period which I miss. There are even a lot of photos and reproductions of his childhood art and inspirations. Clowes artwork and stories are so amazingly haunting...Velvet Glove and Ghost World were masterpieces, and the Llewellyn film-noirish story Hound's Blood is one of my favorite comics of all time. His Crumb inspired rants are in my opinion way better than what Crumb did. His 8ball story 1966 had me pegged to a T for better or worse. What an awesome tribute to Clowes body of work. Now to buy it at Amazon prices rather than Barnes and Nobles prices.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Parfait
Reviewed in France on January 6, 2024
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Livré à l'heure. Parfait
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David Tembleque
5.0 out of 5 stars Una maravilla
Reviewed in Spain on April 18, 2023
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Todo perfecto
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EisNinE
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fittingly Brilliant Artbook For One Of The Most Important Comic Artists
Reviewed in Canada on June 12, 2014
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As someone who has followed the work of Dan Clowes since the late 90's, discovering Eightball just before 'David Boring' was serialized, I was able to devour the collected editions released by Fantagraphics of 'Ghost World', 'Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron', 'Pussey!', 'Lloyd Llewelyn', and 'Caricature', just as 'David Boring' emerged to unzip my mind. His meticulously rendered stories, along with the work of Charles Burns, Jim Woodring, and Chris Ware, served as catalysts for my addiction to comics. This beautifully produced monograph, edited by former Kramer's Ergot publisher Alvin Buenaventura, is a much-needed appreciation of Clowes' contribution not just as a storyteller but as an artist. The interviews and essays are fascinating, and everything about this oversized monograph is perfectly executed; hopefully, it can serve as inspiration and loose template for any similar projects Abrams might greenlight in the future -- such as more deluxe retrospective art books on the careers of fellow geniuses Charles Burns, Jim Woodring, and Chris Ware (While they're at it, European greats David B., Killoffer, and Blutch would make welcome subjects). In the meantime, this superb book, one of my favorites of the last year (out of the literally hundred-&-something book purchases I made in that period) is available at a price that is very reasonable for a volume of its' calibre. Highest Recommendations (for anyone with a brain and a pulse).
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David Knopov
5.0 out of 5 stars Ghost World and beyond !
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2015
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If you haven't read 8 Ball well then what can I say... You are missing out on some of the most dysfunctional characters in American comic book history... The work of Daniel Clowes is exquisite plus attention to detail is outstanding... A true comic book genius.
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José M. Lopez L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Para fans de Clowes
Reviewed in Spain on May 30, 2020
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Un libro maravilloso para fans de Clowes. Profusamente ilustrado, fotos, bocetos y mucho material gráfico. La edición es cuidada y el papel es de buen gramaje. Bastantes curiosidades y quedarás satisfecho si eres seguidor de este maravilloso autor.
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