Summary
ON TIME, NPR AND USA TODAY’S BEST-OF 2011 LISTS! WINNER OF THE EISNER, HARVEY AND IGNATZ AWARDS
Teen outcast Andy is an orphaned nobody with only one friend, the obnoxious–but loyal–Louie. They roam school halls and city streets, invisible to everyone but bullies and tormentors, until the glorious day when Andy takes his first puff on a cigarette. That night he wakes, heart pounding, soaked in sweat, and finds himself suddenly overcome with the peculiar notion that he can do anythin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770460515 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770460519 |
| Author: | Daniel Clowes |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 11 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 667g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 237mm x 311mm |
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Critics Review
The Death-Ray reads as a cautionary parable and an acidic rumination on the travails of adolescence … Clowes demonstrates what the comic book can do and literary fiction can’t.
“Daniel Clowes continues to plot a lofty, lonely course through the subconscious of popular culture with this hilariously bleak graphic novel.” –TIME Best of 2011
“48 pages densely packed with art, dialogue and ideas, The Death-Ray [is] supersaturated, a story delivered directly into your imagination…” –NPR
“Clowes once again shows he is a master of current-day absurdity – with heart.” –USA Today
“The Death-Ray reads as a cautionary parable and an acidic rumination on the travails of adolescence … Clowes demonstrates what the comic book can do and literary fiction can’t. ” –The Observer
Daniel Clowes
Daniel Clowes is the acclaimed cartoonist of the seminal comic book series Eightball and the graphic novels Ghost World, David Boring, Ice Haven, Wilson, Mr. Wonderful, The Death-Ray, and Patience. He has had major retrospectives at the Oakland Museum of California and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
An Oscar-nominated screenwriter, he is the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN Center USA Award, and Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards, and is a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker. He is married and lives in Oakland, California.
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