Tag Archives: Dan Clowes

Dan Clowes loves Apple

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

Before they went into smartphones and tablets and whatnot and became a global media company, Apple liked to cater for what may be called the creative industry. And so they created ads with representatives from said creative industry to promote … Continue reading →

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Dan Clowes celebrates Superman

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Wim Lockefeer

On April 14, Dan Clowes’ birthday, and with only months to go to Superman’s 80th birthday, Clowes’ official Twitter presence posted this unpublished strip. Only Clowes would imagine a Kryptonian birthday to be a day for “sober, clear-eyed accounting of … Continue reading →

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We Told You So

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

After having been announce many years ago, We Told You So, the definitive history of Fantagraphic Books is now slated for publication in November of 2016. Written by the inimitable Tom Spurgeon, the book sports a (not as yet final) … Continue reading →

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Clowes does Chicago

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

If you (or Chicago Magazine) ask what Chicago means to Dan Clowes, you get this. Get the fully annotated version at the magazine’s website. (via The Beat)

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Clowes goes burlesque

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Wim Lockefeer

An older poster for the now legendary Velvet Hammer burlesque show, by Dan Clowes.  I’d heard of the poster, but I’d never seen it before until René Claude posted it on Pour 15 Minutes d’Amour. That’s two Dan Clowes posts in … Continue reading →

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New Yorker goes Science Fiction

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Wim Lockefeer

The June 4-11 double issue of the New Yorker Magazine is a scorcher.  The self-styled “Science fiction issue” features prose by Ursula K. Leguin, Jonathan Lethem, William Gibson, Margaret Atwood and more, and, to top it off, it sports a … Continue reading →

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Your shoes are OK

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Wim Lockefeer

Dan Clowes OK Soda shoelaces.   Even in the 90s, it doesn’t get much more ephemere than that. (via Blog Flume)

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Books? We have books!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

This is the cover of this week’s New Yorker Magazine by Dan Clowes (courtesy of D&Q).  This is also exactly how I feel when I enter your average book store.

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What if Clowes…

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

… had been making TV serials ?  These Dan Clowes paraphernalia were created, or at least posted, by Spanish illustrator and cartoonist Mr. Ed (I think – somebody help me !).

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Clowes Does Fuller

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

Criterion keeps commissioning original artwork for their beautiful reissues of classic films.  For two 1960’s Sam Fuller productions, Shock Corridor (1963) and  The Naked Kiss (1964), both scheduled for release on January 18, they asked Dan Clowes (wikipedia link) to … Continue reading →

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