Pussey!

Scathing roast of the comics world and in some instances, the "lowbrow" pop art world. Though the hero, Dan Pussey, works in the world of mainstream comics and seems to be the epitome of the socially imept fanboy stereotype, his forays into the worlds of art/alternative comics and the pop art galler Leggi tutto

Lousy font choice made it hard to read. Story not funny at all.

Dovrebbe essere un testo propedeutico e obbligatorio per chiunque voglia intraprendere la carriera del fumettista. Avremmo meno fumetti, ma anche più gente felice.

A comic about what it's like to make comics for a living. It was lighthearted and funny, but definitely more serious than the other works from Clowes that I've read. Does not glamourize the career as a comic artist, infact makes it seem pretty soul sucking and awful. If you're new to Clowes don't st Leggi tutto

While bitter and acerbic to a fault, Pussey! retains Daniel Clowes' familiar strains of humor and pathos, and in the end it all comes together well. You almost have to be fascinated by the world of comics creators to get into this one, but the reward is there if you were a high school nerd (or any o Leggi tutto

A biting satire of the Boom-Era of comics in the early 90s. Oddly quite a lot is still relevant today. omic Kayfabe has a good video on this on YouTube.

For me, the best kind of Daniel Clowes book is a short one. While his eye for awkward human behaviour is keen and can be outwardly funny, it does wear me down overtime. At 54 pages, Pussey! entertains with its caustic interpretation of the comic book industry but not for too long. Daniel Pussey is a Leggi tutto

The first Clowes that I think I "get". I never have fully understood Ghost World, I barely remember David Boring and Ice Haven, and I thought that Patience was ok. But Pussey! is the first book by him that I can say I love and understand. Clowes is mad at the comics industry and, after reading this, Leggi tutto