7/8/2023 0 Comments David Boring by Daniel ClowesThat's the intriguing question explored by the cartoonist Daniel Clowes in The Death-Ray, the defining work of a 25-year career that has seen him mixing deadpan realism ( Ghost World, Wilson) with surreal, often grotesque fantasy ( David Boring, Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron). Given the opportunity to make that locker-room tormentor or Mean Girl disappear, with no consequences, would you have done it? After all, the extremity of emotions experienced by your average 17-year-old rivals the most passionate telenovela character. In fact, the only time in most of our lives that we have enemies to whom we wish to do actual harm - or who wish to harm us - is high school. Sure, that one guy might be a real jerk on Twitter. Sure, your next-door neighbor might refuse to trim dangling limbs from his oak tree. Who are your enemies? Do you even have any? Unlike superheroes, everyday people living everyday lives don't usually have nemeses. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Death-Ray Author Daniel Clowes
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