Before he rose to fame as a filmmaker and the author of the best-selling graphic novels Ghost World, David Boring, Ice Haven, and The Death Ray, Daniel Clowes made his name from 1989 to 1997 by producing 18 issues of the beloved comic book series Eightball, which is still widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential comic book titles of all time.
Now, Fantagraphics is collecting every single page of these long out-of-print issues in a paperback edition. It includes more than 500 pages of vintage Clowes: seminal serialized graphic novels, strips, and rants, such as
- Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
- Ghost World
- Pussey
- I Hate You Deeply
- Sexual Frustration
- Ugly Girls
- Why I Hate Christians
- Message to the People of the Future
- Paranoid
- My Suicide
- Chicago
- Art School Confidential
- On Sports
- Zubrick and Pogeybait
- Hippypants and Peace-Bear
- Grip Glutz
- The Sensual Santa
- Feldman
Features new covers by Clowes, and Behind the Eightball: the author’s annotations for each issue, heavily illustrated with art and photos from his archives. Full-color illustrations throughout.