“Monica” Written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. Fantagraphics. $30.00. October 2023. 106 pages. Adult.
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A new book by Dan Clowes is always an event. A veteran indie comics artist, Clowes writes, draws, letters, and colors all of his own work by hand, a time-consuming and increasingly rare creative process in this age of digital tools. “Monica” showcases that mastery, especially in illustrating his characters’ faces, where miniscule shifts betray complex emotional storms:
My blog’s homepage has been graced since its inception by an image of Enid Coleslaw, from “Ghost World,” the most beloved of Clowes’s “Eightball” comic book series. It’s about time that I review one of his books. Continue reading ““Monica,” by Daniel Clowes”