Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Daniel Clowes in New York Times
The Times has a cover feature on the cartoonist in the April 1 Arts & Leisure section:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/arts/design/daniel-clowess-retrospective-at-the-oakland-museum.html?hpw
Thursday, March 22, 2012
I'm sure that you all have been checking out boingboing.net everyday, looking at the Clowes oddities and entering the contest to win a copy of The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist signed by Mr. Clowes. Here's another oddity, an OK Soda "cold vault static cling" from 1994. These were used in the large coolers that hold soda in convenience stores. I drank some OK back in the '90s.
Monday, March 19, 2012
14 Days of Clowes Oddities; and Win a Free Signed Book
It's happening at danielclowes.com/news and boingboing!
Here are some other Clowes odditities: an Eightball button from 1991, and OK Soda shoe-laces from 1994. The packing on the laces features a redrawn version of a panel from Clowes's Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron; this may be the smallest Clowes 'panel' ever printed. 
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
New Grid: Are SuperHeroes Really Super Sexy?
My new column will be up at The Comics Journal very soon.
It's on a subject the internet loves: superhero outfits and sexism.
It seemed like time for TCJ to weight in.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Coming Soon
See here for a preview of The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist, which will be released on April 1.
"Created with full access to the cartoonist’s archives, The Art of Daniel Clowes collects for the first time Clowes’s best-known and seldom-seen illustrations, personal photos and memorabilia, behind-the-scenes drawings and sketchbook pages, along with unpublished comics and original art. The 224-page full-color hardcover also features:
an introduction by George Meyer (The Simpsons)
a career-spanning interview by Kristine McKenna (Talk to Her)
and the following essays:
Book designer Chip Kidd on Clowes and design
Art critic Susan Miller on Wilson and portraiture
Writer Ken Parille on Clowes’s post-Y2K graphic novels
Film critic Ray Pride on David Boring and film
Cartoonist Chris Ware on why other cartoonists fear Clowes"
Edited by Alvin Buenaventura
Designed by Jonathan Bennett
Co-Edited by Ken Parille
Published by Abrams ComicArts
Thursday, January 19, 2012
New Grid
My new column is up at The Comics Journal .
It's kind of a "2011: Year in Comics" review essay.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
New GRID Column at TCJ: Discussion Forum
My new column will be up at The Comics Journal on Thursday.
I make ten observations about Daniel Clowes's The Death-Ray that I hope will kickstart a conversation about the comic.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Little Bear
Got the news this morning that our precious boy has aggressive and incurable cancer.
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Best. Cat. Ever.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Justice League #1 Examined
My sixth GRID column will be up at The Comics Journal on Monday.
It's a look at the new Justice League #1.
Normally I write about comics I like and try to explain what's interesting about them.
This time I take a different approach.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Ditko at TCJ
My fifth GRID column is up at The Comics Journal . The essay is about:
Ditko and Satire
Sick Humor and Black Comedy
Mania, Laughter, and Death
Performance and Parody
Pantomine and Inter-Panel Narrators
Jokes and Wordplay
Naming and Allegory
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
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