It is precisely Clowes's lower-frequency sensitivities toward the suffering of his characters that power what many consider his greatest works - Ghost World, for one - and elevate his latest graphic novel, Monica, to the status of a masterpiece Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Novel
Daniel Clowes was born in 1961. He is the creator of the comic books Eightball,Ghost World, which was made into a film by the director Terry Zwigoff, David Boring, and Ice Haven. His adaptation of his own Ghost World graphic novel for the screen earned him an Oscar nomination. A regular contributor to the New Yorker, McSweeney's, and the Best American Comics, he lives in California with his wife.