![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His mother was Jewish, whereas his father was from a "reserved WASPish Pennsylvania" family Clowes's upbringing was not religious. Clowes's comics, graphic novels, and films have received numerous awards, including a Pen Award for Outstanding Work in Graphic Literature, over a dozen Harvey and Eisner Awards, and an Academy Award nomination.Įarly life and career, 1961–1988 Ĭlowes was born in Chicago, Illinois, to an auto mechanic mother and a furniture craftsman father. With filmmaker Terry Zwigoff, Clowes adapted Ghost World into a 2001 film and another Eightball story into the 2006 film, Art School Confidential. Clowes's illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, Newsweek, Vogue, The Village Voice, and elsewhere. An Eightball issue typically contained several short pieces and a chapter of a longer narrative that was later collected and published as a graphic novel, such as Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (1993), Ghost World (1997), David Boring (2000) and Patience (2016). Most of Clowes's work first appeared in Eightball, a solo anthology comic book series. Daniel Gillespie Clowes ( / k l aʊ z/ born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter. ![]()
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