{"product_id":"the-complete-eightball-issues-1-18","title":"THE COMPLETE EIGHTBALL Issues #1-18","description":"The first eighteen issues of \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Clowes's\u003c\/strong\u003e iconic comics anthology, \u003cem\u003eEightball, \u003c\/em\u003eare collected here, including the original installments of \u003cem\u003eGhost World\u003c\/em\u003e, the short tales upon which the film \u003cem\u003eArt School Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e was based — and much more — all in this new paperback edition designed by the author.\u003cp\u003eThe beloved comic book series \u003cem\u003eEightball\u003c\/em\u003e made Daniel Clowes' name even before he gained fame as a bestselling graphic novelist (\u003cem\u003eGhost World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePatience\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDavid Boring\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIce Haven\u003c\/em\u003e) and filmmaker. From 1989 to 1997, he produced 18 issues of what is still widely considered one of the greatest and most influential independent comic book titles of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, Fantagraphics collects every single page of these long out-of-print issues, featuring more than 500 pages of vintage Clowes: seminal serialized graphic novels, strips, and rants, such as \"Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron,\" \"Ghost World,\" \"Pussey,\" \"I Hate You Deeply,\" \"Sexual Frustration,\" \"Ugly Girls,\" \"Why I Hate Christians,\" \"Message to the People of the Future,\" \"Paranoid,\" \"My Suicide,\" \"Chicago,\" \"Art School Confidential,\" \"On Sports,\" \"Zubrick and Pogeybait,\" \"Hippypants and Peace-Bear,\" \"Grip Glutz,\" \"The Sensual Santa,\" \"Feldman,\" and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures new covers by Clowes, and \"Behind the Eightball\": the author's annotations for each issue, heavily illustrated with art and photos from his archives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643952988446,"sku":"COMEIG","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/COMEIG-Complete-Eightball.jpg?v=1784525548","url":"https:\/\/budsartbooks.com\/products\/the-complete-eightball-issues-1-18","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}