(a scene from the recently publisher Mister Wonderful by and (c) Dan Clowes, published in UK by Jonathan Cape) Daniel Clowes is the guest on one of my favourite book-related podcasts, the always interesting Bat Segundo show, discussing his life, his work, the difference between the readers responses to Eightball and the New York Times, comparing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Rejoice in the awesome graphic splendour of The Death Ray by the great Dan Clowes, due from the lovely folks at Drawn & Quarterly in the autumn. I love this pic, couldn’t resist sharing it on here. (link via Tom at Comics Reporter, via Hypergeek, art by and (c) Dan Clowes)
Continue reading...Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Yes, everyone needs a website. Even those who’ve never really seemed that keen on the whole Internet thing. Hence this: http://danielclowes.com/ And there’s a very good “About” page, very “Clowes-ian”: Like the man says – © Daniel Clowes – although I’m hoping that reproducing the about page is just about okay. Fingers crossed.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 20, 2011
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As a crisp, frosty January Thursday shines across the land here’s Alex Fitch to shed a little glow of winter sunlight with some of his up and coming radio and podcast shows. And oh my, just look who he has as guest tonight! Really, have a look, swoon with excitement, look again to check you [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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A new collection of Daniel Clowes work coming soon from Jonathan Cape? Oh yes, indeedy! Mister Wonderful: a Love Story, collects the tale first serialised in the New York Times Magazine, plus some forty pages of new material, following Marshall: middle-aged, unemployed and divorced, waiting nervously for a blind date with Natalie, a woman his [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 9, 2011
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Just before the Christmas holidays we pointed you to the start of a series of Holiday Interviews that Tom Spurgeon was posting up on the fine Comics Reporter. At that point there were already several up already, all long, in-depth, fascinating pieces with a variety of people in the comics industry. Well Tom’s still going [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
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Mike Sacks, a contributor to McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, has a book out, 21 Top Humor Writers On Their Craft. Apparently it should have been 25 but for some reason beyond his control the publisher cut it to 21. One of the conversations cut from the book was with the brilliant Daniel Clowes. What sort of [...]
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