![]() ![]() Clowes does create another lonely, obsessed male character here, but instead of brooding endlessly over the woman he's lost, Jack does something to help her. That's why it's so exciting to see the directions Clowes heads in Patience, his story of true love and time travel. But he has, nonetheless, been around an awfully long while. This man - Wilson in 2010's Wilson, Marshall in 2011's Mister Wonderful, nameless in many other guises - is a heartbreaking figure, and Clowes' controlled style makes it sublimely painful to watch the character live his pathetic life. His recent books have focused, laserlike, on a human type that's shown up repeatedly in his comics over the last 20 years: a lonely, self-hating man living in his own head, desperate for connection, yet sabotaging it when the chance comes. How?ĭaniel Clowes may be one of the most notable comic artists of our era, a pillar of the '80s-'90s scene who's continued to do great work up to the present day, but he does tend to fixate. ![]() ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Patience Author Daniel Clowes ![]()
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