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Caricature: Nine Stories

By Daniel Clowes
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Caricature: Nine Stories is a collection of dramatic, funny, and touching short stories by Daniel Clowes. Featuring tales such as the modern classic "Caricature", which follows a travelling caricaturist, and the semi-autobiographical "Blue Italian Shit", this book explores a range of themes with wit and depth. Other stories include the wry superhero parody "Black Nylon" and the colour pieces "The Gold Mommy" and "Green Eyeliner", originally published in Esquire. This collection showcases Clowes's unique storytelling and artistic style.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This collection is ideal for readers who appreciate graphic novels with sophisticated, character-driven stories, and fans of Daniel Clowes's previous work such as Ghost World. Suitable for mature readers who enjoy humour, drama, and cultural critique in comic form.

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The bestselling author of "Ghost World" collects his acclaimed short stories from "Eightball" and "Esquire" in trade paper for the first time. of full-color illustrations.

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While exploring the adventures of Ghost World, Dan Clowes created a cycle of dramatic, funny and touching short stories, including Caricature (an undisputed modern classic about a travelling caricaturist), the semi-autobiographical Blue Italian Shit and Immortal, Invisible, the wry super-hero take-off Black Nylon, as well as the colour The Gold Mommy and Green Eyeliner, which originally ran in Esquire.

Having sold out in hardcover last year, the success of Ghost World has made this paperback reprint, with a new cover by Clowes, the most in-demand of the year.

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Critics praise Caricature: Nine Stories for its depth and complexity, with Amazon.com noting it "would put many novels to shame." Booklist commends the book as essential reading for those interested in state of the art comics and the cutting edge of popular culture.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781560974581

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2002

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 172.0mm

Height: 258.0mm

Weight: 292g

Pages: 102

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About the Author

Daniel Clowes has won several Harvey Eisner and Ignatz Awards, and is generally viewed as being the world's greatest living cartoonist. He lives California with his wife.

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