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Eightball Pussey!
by Daniel Clowes
A vicious satire of pop culture and the
commerce of art from Dan Clowes is a brutal and scathing peek into the insular, pathetic
world of the comic book industry, as seen through the eyes of antihero Dan Pussey, creator
of the smash superhero comic Nauseator. From cradle to grave, Clowes presents the complete
saga of Young Dan Pussey, mercilessly skewering the business and medium of comics,
bouncing from art to commerce to culture high and low. Clowes not only parodies the
superhero genre, but also his own peers, from his publishers and fellow authors at
Fantagraphics to artistic heavyweights like Art Spiegelman. Through it all, Pussey dreams
endlessly about having sex with a woman, but even those fantasies degenerate into
superhero scenarios. If you think Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons is pathetic (and
hilarious), wait 'til you read Pussey!
SC, 7x11, 64pgs, Black & White
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