{"product_id":"daniel-clowes-conversations-9781604734416","title":"Daniel Clowes: Conversations","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eEightball\u003c\/i\u003e comics, collected in such books as \u003ci\u003eDavid Boring\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIce Haven\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron\u003c\/i\u003e, helped to set the standards of sophistication and complexity for the medium. The screenplay for \u003ci\u003eGhost World\u003c\/i\u003e, which Clowes co-adapted (with Terry Zwigoff) from his graphic novel of the same name, was nominated for an Academy Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since his early, edgy \u003ci\u003eLloyd Llewellyn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEightball\u003c\/i\u003e comics, Clowes has developed along with the medium, from a satirical and sometimes vituperative surrealist to an unmatched observer of psychological and social subtleties. In this collection of interviews reaching from 1988 to 2009, the cartoonist discusses his earliest experiences reading superhero comics, his time at the Pratt Institute, his groundbreaking comics career, and his screenplays for \u003ci\u003eGhost World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArt School Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e. Several of these pieces are drawn from rare small-press or self-published zines, including Clowes's first published interview. He talks at length about the creative process, from the earliest traces of a story, to his technical approaches to layout, drawing, inking, lettering, and coloring. The volume concludes with a 2009 interview conducted specifically for this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Parille\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at East Carolina University and author of \u003ci\u003eBoys at Home: Discipline, Masculinity, and 'The Boy-Problem' in Nineteenth-Century American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eIsaac Cates\u003c\/b\u003e is lecturer in English at the University of Vermont and has published in \u003ci\u003eIndy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Comic Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImageText\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other periodicals.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50359512858898,"sku":"9781604734416","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_555781cc-5fbd-4bef-ae0d-3000d192ab72.jpg?v=1728354041","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/daniel-clowes-conversations-9781604734416","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}