Dan Clowes
The prevalence of overweight, unattractive characters may be jarring to fans of superhero comics.
I realize that most of you nerds are crazy for superhero comics and everything, but maybe it’s time to try out something a little more adult. Dan Clowes is a good author to start with when entering the scary world of real-life adult graphic novels. Dan Clowes picks up where classic underground cartoonists R. Crumb and Harvey Pekar left off, spinning self-aware yarns that are mostly about love, sex, and self-loathing. I recommend you start with Ghost World, a coming of age story from an awkward female perspective that is also an excellent film starring Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson. Pussey! (pronounce Pooh-say) is another really good one, and one that lampoons the entire comic book industry from the inside.
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