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Eightball #23 (2004)

by Daniel Clowes(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Fantagraphics

review 1: What a bizarre coming-of-age, over-the-top story/satire. The concept is both amusing and disturbing. Compared to other Clowes works, I enjoyed this one just slightly more than Ghost World. He is a master of color and layout. I love that this is a gorgeous coffee table book, which begs to question whether or not this is an author's desparate attempt to be recognized as a home staple and in plain sight, rather than collecting dust on a book shelf. The only problem that I find is that I tire of his character histories -- I can only read about so many divorced, middle-aged male outcast-philosophers who love dogs. Sometimes the negativity is a chore to get past, which is probably the point, but nevertheless tiring in its 'fuck the world' hipsterishness.
review 2: Cl... moreowes' art is colorful and intriguing as always, but this book to me was all over the place and difficult to follow at times -- past and present panels intertwining at times, speech bubbles being in confusing places, some characters looking too similar, while the same character can look different in two panels within the same story. Not a bad read, but may take a couple reads to fully grasp what's going on. less

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