Lout Rampage [Paperback]

Daniel Clowes (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 95 pages
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books; Second Edition edition (February 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560970707
• ISBN-13: 978-1560970705
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #844,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Daniel Clowes was born in Chicago in 1961. He is the creator of the comic book Eight-Ball, twenty-one issues of which have been published to date. His work has appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, Vogue, Time, and Newsweek, among others. A feature film based on his 1998 book, Ghost World, starring Thora Birch, was released in 2001 by MGM. He lives a childless, petless life in California with his beloved wife.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the worst!, August 21, 2000

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"gdatlanta" (Atlanta, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lout Rampage (Paperback)

Not being a fan of underground comics at all, I was a little hesitant to even open this book. Within seconds though, I found someone else out there was equally as twisted and full of angst as myself - and funny as ever. This is a 'best-of' type collection of some fantastic and well-contrived comics with a strong and bitter dark sarcasm throughout. Touching on many modern American social issues, this guy Clowes hits the nail on the head every time with his twisted insight into the human condition. No household is complete without this work.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant artwork, brilliant writing, February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lout Rampage (Paperback)

Discovering the work of Daniel Clowes was like when I first heard The Replacements. I was actually angry I hadn't known sooner. This collection won't have everyone's favorite "Eightball" moments but it's an amazing collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinarily brave and darkly funny classic, October 19, 2007

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Ludwig J. Pluralist "avantepopgospeler" (Beacon, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lout Rampage (Paperback)

Daniel Clowes is one of my favorite all time writers, and he is part of a list of writers whom I have treasured from my teen years on, writers who willingly explore dark/absurdist themes. This list includes the following: William Burroughs, Jean Paul Sartre, Jean Genet, Franz Kafka, Mark Twain, Alfred Jarry, Josh Alan Friedman, and Philip K Dick. When I met Clowes a few years ago, at a book signing, I happily told him this.

Anyway, Lout Rampage is a collection of mostly short musings - written and also brilliantly illustrated by Clowes - that deal with his peeves and obesrvations about life. They are entertaining, the way a carefully worded rant by someone in a deeply bad mood, can be. The highlights for me are two companion pieces within the book - "I Hate You Deeply", in which Clowes rants like a caffienated curmudgeon about such well chosen targets as "wealthy children who attempt to buy into the inherent `hipness' of the economic underclass" and "occultists, new-agers and anyone seeking simple catch-all solutions to unanswerable questions." Funny stuff, made all the more funny by Clowes' satirical drawings. - and "I Love You Tenderdly," in which Clowes shows his appreciation for misfits and for oddball stuff.

But generally, Clowes as a writer, writing in the visually appealing medium of graphic novels, uses his multiple talents to get at the absurd qualities of existence, that is, to mix ranting with close observation. For that reason, he should be read and be recognized as the great writer that he is.

Highly recommended and 5 stars.