Daniel Clowes

Celebrated graphic novelist and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Daniel Clowes is the multiple Harvey, Ignatz, and Eisner Award-winning creator of the alternative comic “Eightball.” His graphic novel, “Ghost World,” has been turned into a critically-acclaimed film, for which he wrote the screenplay. Fall 2016 will see the film adaptation of his 2005 graphic novel, “Wilson,” directed by Craig Johnson. Called “the country’s premier underground cartoonist” (Newsweek) and “a bona-fide cult hero” (The New Yorker), he is a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker. His new graphic novel, “Patience,” is a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering from violent destruction to deeply personal tenderness.