David Boring
$50.29
- Paperback
132 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2002
Summary
A startling follow-up graphic novel by the author of Ghost World.
Discover the adventures of David Boring in this electrifying new graphic novel from the author of Ghost World.
David Boring is a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured inner life and an obsessive nature. When he meets the girl of his dreams, things begin to go awry- what seems too good to be true apparently is, and what seems truest in Boring’s life is that, given the right set of circumstances (in thi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224063234 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224063235 |
| Author: | Daniel Clowes |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 132 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2002 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 195mm x 8mm |
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Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock’s Vertigo , but with religious cults, fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling
Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock’s Vertigo, but with religious cults, fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling * Guardian *
For those interested in comic art’s potential, Clowes’ work offers exciting literary possibilities. Boring is anything but * Time Magazine *
Daniel Clowes’ underground comics are now a hipster must-have. Why? Because his work is beautifully drawn with subtle, convincing storylines centred on everyday emotional weirdness * Time Out *
About The Author
Daniel Clowes
Daniel Clowes was born in 1961. He is the creator of the comic books Eightball, Ghost World, which was made into a film by the director Terry Zwigoff, David Boring, and Ice Haven. His adaptation of his own Ghost World graphic novel for the screen earned him an Oscar nomination. A regular contributor to the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and the Best American Comics, he lives in California with his wife.
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