Dan Clowes

The Evolution of Daniel Clowes
The Evolution of Daniel Clowes
The Evolution of Daniel Clowes
Born April 14 1961, Daniel Clowes is one of the most respected and influential cartoonists of the modern era, and there's probably nobody who hates that fact more than Dan Clowes. Known primarily for his long-running alt-comic Eightball, the Chicago-born artist has been praised and awarded regularly since the late 1980s, which is especially impressive considering that he didn't reach his full creative potential until much, much later.
Yearender: The Most Promising New Comics Coming in 2016
Yearender: The Most Promising New Comics Coming in 2016
Yearender: The Most Promising New Comics Coming in 2016
It's the end of the year! We made it through 2015, a year that brought all kinds of new, weird and brilliant comics into our lives. It's been a huge year for the industry, with the arrival of several new publishers, multiple new digital publishing concepts, and a whole slew of creative talent pushing themselves into the spotlight. With so much going on during 2015, there's one question you might have not thought about yet: what's coming up in 2016? So much. There are new graphic novels, new publishing lines, new digital initiatives; it's all going on. And so, as we reach the Yearender, it's time to look ahead, to see what comics' future will bring.
Shia LaBeouf: "I F***ed Up"
Shia LaBeouf: "I F***ed Up"
Shia LaBeouf: "I F***ed Up"
If you missed it yesterday, Shia LaBeouf, star of Disturbia and author of comics including one called Cyclical that involves motorcycles because of symbolism, adapted a Daniel Clowes comic, "Justin M. Damiano," into a short film and showed it at film festivals. Problem is, Clowes and his publisher, Fantagraphics didn't know about it, weren't credited, and weren't paid.
Link Ink: SpaceMan, Skottie Young’s ‘Bernard’ Goes Digital and Thor Gets Chatty
Link Ink: SpaceMan, Skottie Young’s ‘Bernard’ Goes Digital and Thor Gets Chatty
Link Ink: SpaceMan, Skottie Young’s ‘Bernard’ Goes Digital and Thor Gets Chatty
Previews: Vertigo teases 100 Bullets team Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's upcoming Spaceman. Cinema: In honor of the release of The Green Hornet, Moviephone takes a look at other heroes who take on crime sans superhuman abilities. Publishing: Tokyopop's shifted distribution from Harper Collins to Diamond...
Four Indie Comics Variant Covers for ‘The New Yorker’
Four Indie Comics Variant Covers for ‘The New Yorker’
Four Indie Comics Variant Covers for ‘The New Yorker’
Indie comics creators like Chris Ware, Adrian Tomine, Ivan Brunetti, and Dan Clowes are no strangers to "The New Yorker" magazine, but for the upcoming 85th anniversary edition of the magazine they're all going to be illustrating variant covers, comic book style...