Dan Clowes Modern Cartoonist interview

[Video Link] If you weren't able to make it to Meltdown in LA last week to see the Dan Clowes Modern Cartoonist interview I did, here's the YouTube video.

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Little John

Who is Dan Clowes? I’ve never heard of him. What work has he done? Does he have a book out? Etc.

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- Ambiguity
  
  I think he has some kind of book coming out or something.
- Robert
  
  He’s some kind of modern cartoonist, I think, and for a while there were some days to him, or something.
disky00

He’s like a bald, sardonic Mr. Rogers.
http://echofox3.blogspot.com efergus3

When in doubt – Wikipedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Clowes
http://www.facebook.com/aelfscine Jon Bakos

It has now been five days since his new book was released. It has now been six days since his new book was released. It has now…
666beast1

If you have not read Ice Haven and Death Ray they are two of the best works of fiction I have read. These stories sit with the best stories by Carver, Ballard and George Saunders to me.
http://twitter.com/subjectivedes Joshua Green

My favorite Clowes is probably Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron. It has a great David Lynch quality to it where these odd surreal characters are put in a dark, lonely, mysterious context that is completely believable.