Clowes Encounter - A conversation with cartoonist Daniel Clowes

April 30, 2015 9:51 AM

Clowes Encounter: an extended interview with Ghost World and Eightball writer/illustrator Daniel Clowes.

Previous notable Clowes posts: 1, 2

posted by Ufez Jones (5 comments total)

Love his work in the Transformers movies.
posted by Artw at 10:06 AM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]

Sorry to be nitpicking a very interesting link, but Daniel Clowes last name rhymes with "cows", not "crows".
posted by Kattullus at 10:12 AM on April 30, 2015

The only place I remember going with my parents was—I don’t know if it’s still there on 53rd Street—was called Valois. Of course everybody pronounced it “Val-oo-ees.” The big sign on the window said, “See your food.” It was like an old-fashioned cafeteria.

Fuck yeah Valois is still there (or well, I guess, it was several years ago). See your food.
posted by kenko at 11:20 AM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]

I attended a talk with Daniel Clowes at Powell's in Portland last week, and it became abundantly clear to me that I am not familiar enough with his work. I've only really read Wilson, but loved it. He seemed like a nice guy, and the talk was satisfyingly awkward, as one would expect/hope, and he used every chance to bring up his most luminous title, Needledick the Bug-Fucker.


As a connoisseur of bad puns, I approve of the article's title.
posted by Corduroy at 3:10 PM on April 30, 2015 [3 favorites]

I was super excited to read this, and then the opening paragraphs made me desperately miss Earwax, and then I spaced out while thinking about one of those vegan milkshakes that was somehow even better than an actual milkshake... and maybe I will have to read this after eating some lunch.
posted by buriednexttoyou at 8:03 PM on April 30, 2015