![]() ![]() In April the Oakland Museum of California opened the exhibition Daniel Clowes: A First Survey, on view through 12 August of this year. His most recent book is Wilson (Drawn and Quarterly), the story of a lonely, middle-aged malcontent. ![]() His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Time, and Newsweek, and in 2011 he was awarded a PEN Literary Award for Graphic Literature. ![]() Ghost World, the 2001 movie based on Clowes’ screenplay, was nominated for an Academy Award. He launched his career with the comic series Lloyd Llewellyn, about the adventures of a private detective, then went on to create the comic series Eightball, which included such seminal works as Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, Ghost World, and Death Ray. Oakland artist and graphic novelist Daniel Clowes was born in Chicago. ![]()
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