Welcome to Ice Haven! 'It's not as cold here as it sounds.' So declares Random Wilder, the town's would-be poet laureate. Would be, that is, were it not for the 'florid banalities' of arch-rival poet Ida Wentz, whom the Ice Haven Daily Progress continues to publish 'ad nauseam'. Random is our ersatz[...]

Ghost World is the story of Enid and Rebecca, teenage friends facing the unwelcome prospect of adulthood, and the uncertain future of their complicated relationship. Clowes conjures a balanced semblance, both tender and objective, of their fragile existence, capturing the mundane thrills and hourly [...]

Wilson, an opinionated middle-aged loner loves his dog and quite possibly no one else. After his father dies, Wilson, now irrevocably alone, sets out to find his ex-wife with the hope of rekindling their long-dead relationship, and discovers he has a teenage daughter, born after the marriage ended a[...]

Meet David Boring: a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured innner life and an obsessive nature. When he meets the girl of his dreams, things begin to go awry: what seems too good to be true apparently is. And what seems truest in Boring's life is that, given the right set of circumstances[...]

Throughout his 25-year career, cartoonist and screenwriter Dan Clowes has always been ahead of the artistic and cultural movements. In the late 1980s, his groundbreaking comic book Eghtball defined indie culture. With wit, venom and even a little sympathy, Clowes voiced the worries of slacker cultur[...]

From one of the most respected cartoonists of his generation comes a monumental work. The L.A. Weekly calls Clowes' comics "twisted and handsome"."Ghost World" follows the adventures of two teenage girls, Enid and Becky, who are best friends and are facing the prospect of growing up, and more import[...]

The bestselling author of Ghost World collects his acclaimed short stories from Eightball and Esquire in softcover for the first time.The dramatic short stories included in this first softcover edition of Caricature have drawn comparisons to Nabokov for their complex naturalism and sense of humor. A[...]

Daniel Clowes (b. 1961) emerged from the "alternative comics" boom of the 1980s as one of the most significant cartoonists and most distinctive voices in the development of the graphic novel. His serialized "Eightball" comics, collected in such books as "David Boring," "Ice Haven," and "Like a Velve[...]

A wide-ranging introduction to the work of one of the most important living cartoonists, The Daniel Clowes Reader features Ghost World, Clowes s celebrated graphic novel about the complex friendship of two teenage girls. It also includes stories some reprinted for the first time about boys coming of[...]

AN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE OSCAR-NOMINATED SCREENWRITER AND AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST
Meet Wilson, an opinionated middle-aged loner who loves his dog and quite possibly no one else. In an ongoing quest to find human connection, he badgers friend and stranger alike into a series of oneside[...]

Enid och Becky är bästisar i ett typiskt medelklassamhälle och har just slutat high school. I senpubertetens spökvärld letar de efter sig själva och efter äkthet, bemöter livet med en cool attityd och vet oändligt mycket bättre vad som gäller än alla de andra. Både de vuxna och - i synn[...]