Author guide
Daniel Clowes Books in Order
Daniel Clowes (born 1961 in Chicago) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter. He created the comic-book series Lloyd Llewellyn and Eightball, which established his distinctive blend of satire, alienation, genre pastiche, and psychological realism. His major graphic works include Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, Ghost World, David Boring, Ice Haven, Wilson, Patience, and Monica. He also wrote the screenplays for Ghost World and Art School Confidential.
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Start with one of these
Ghost World
The most accessible and widely recognized introduction to Clowes's storytelling.
Wilson
A concise, self-contained graphic novel that requires no series background.
Caricature: Nine Stories
A focused introduction to Clowes's short-form comics and range of styles.
Monica
A recent standalone graphic novel that gathers many of his recurring genre and thematic interests.
Read in order
Books by series
comic-book-series · completed
Lloyd Llewellyn
Daniel Clowes's detective-themed comic-book series, published by Fantagraphics from 1986 through 1988, including a concluding special.
- 1 Lloyd Llewellyn 1Amazon ↗
Book 1 · comic-issue · 1986
- 2 Lloyd Llewellyn 2Amazon ↗
Book 2 · comic-issue · 1986
- 3 Lloyd Llewellyn 3Amazon ↗
Book 3 · comic-issue · 1986
- 4 Lloyd Llewellyn 4Amazon ↗
Book 4 · comic-issue · 1986
- 5 Lloyd Llewellyn 5Amazon ↗
Book 5 · comic-issue · 1987
- 6 Lloyd Llewellyn 6Amazon ↗
Book 6 · comic-issue · 1987
- 7 The All-New Lloyd Llewellyn SpecialAmazon ↗
Book 7 · comic-special · 1988
- 8 #$@&!: The Official Lloyd Llewellyn CollectionAmazon ↗
Book collection · comic-collection · 1989
- 9 The Manly World of Lloyd Llewellyn: A Golden Treasury of His Complete WorksAmazon ↗
Book collection · comic-collection · 1994
comic-book-series · completed
Eightball
Daniel Clowes's Fantagraphics comic-book series, published from 1989 through 2004 and serving as the original venue for many of his major graphic narratives and short comics.
- 1 Eightball 1Amazon ↗
Book 1 · comic-issue · 1989
- 2 Eightball 2Amazon ↗
Book 2 · comic-issue · 1990
- 3 Eightball 3Amazon ↗
Book 3 · comic-issue · 1990
- 4 Eightball 4Amazon ↗
Book 4 · comic-issue · 1990
- 5 Eightball 5Amazon ↗
Book 5 · comic-issue · 1991
- 6 Eightball 6Amazon ↗
Book 6 · comic-issue · 1991
- 7 Eightball 7Amazon ↗
Book 7 · comic-issue · 1991
- 8 Eightball 8Amazon ↗
Book 8 · comic-issue · 1992
- 9 Eightball 9Amazon ↗
Book 9 · comic-issue · 1992
- 10 Eightball 10Amazon ↗
Book 10 · comic-issue · 1993
- 11 Eightball 11Amazon ↗
Book 11 · comic-issue · 1993
- 12 Eightball 12Amazon ↗
Book 12 · comic-issue · 1993
- 13 Eightball 13Amazon ↗
Book 13 · comic-issue · 1994
- 14 Eightball 14Amazon ↗
Book 14 · comic-issue · 1994
- 15 Eightball 15Amazon ↗
Book 15 · comic-issue · 1995
- 16 Eightball 16Amazon ↗
Book 16 · comic-issue · 1995
- 17 Eightball 17Amazon ↗
Book 17 · comic-issue · 1996
- 18 Eightball 18Amazon ↗
Book 18 · comic-issue · 1997
- 19 Eightball 19Amazon ↗
Book 19 · comic-issue · 1998
- 20 Eightball 20Amazon ↗
Book 20 · comic-issue · 1999
- 21 Eightball 21Amazon ↗
Book 21 · comic-issue · 2000
- 22 Eightball 22Amazon ↗
Book 22 · comic-issue · 2001
- 23 Eightball 23Amazon ↗
Book 23 · comic-issue · 2004
- 24 Lout Rampage!Amazon ↗
Book 1-6 · short-story-collection · 1991
- 25 Like a Velvet Glove Cast in IronAmazon ↗
Book 1-10 · graphic-novel · 1993
- 26 Pussey!Amazon ↗
Book 1-14 · comic-novella · 1995
- 27 Orgy BoundAmazon ↗
Book 7-18 · short-story-collection · 1996
- 28 Ghost WorldAmazon ↗
Book 11-18 · graphic-novel · 1997
- 29 Caricature: Nine StoriesAmazon ↗
Book 13-18 · short-story-collection · 1998
- 30 David BoringAmazon ↗
Book 19-21 · graphic-novel · 2000
- 31 Twentieth Century EightballAmazon ↗
Book selected stories · short-story-collection · 2002
- 32 Ice HavenAmazon ↗
Book 22 · graphic-novel · 2005
- 33 The Death-RayAmazon ↗
Book 23 · graphic-novel · 2011
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (4)
Essays and speeches (1)
- Modern CartoonistAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1997
Plays (2)
Other (34)
- FuzzyAmazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- It's DripAmazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Frumpy 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Get Messy 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Twenty Minute Comics 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Get Messy 2Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- It's Randy 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Tales That Are RunnyAmazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Have a Feel 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Chip 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Corn 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Get Messy 3Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Harbaugh 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Hillboy Rustic Comik 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Sleepy 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- So? 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Yank 2Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1991
- Sissy 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1992
- Sissy 2Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1992
- Alone EverydayAmazon ↗
minicomic · 1992
- Ass, Gas or Grass 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1992
- Bonus 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1992
- Rock and Love 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1992
- Doofus 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1992
- Irish PopeyeAmazon ↗
minicomic · 1993
- DickAmazon ↗
minicomic · 1994
- Pale Effete Shred of a Man 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1994
- Exquisitely Corpsed Concoction of Cretins 2Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1995
- Acid 2Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1995
- Butts 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1995
- Famous Pet 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1995
- Hippy Hag 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1995
- Living LargeAmazon ↗
minicomic · 1995
- Stuffed Onion 1Amazon ↗
minicomic · 1995