MONICA Is a Masterpiece! CLOWES, Cults, Conspiracies, and Comics!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2023
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I'm a professional illustrator, mainly editorial work and advertising art (I make art for animation as well) - I've been at this for 25 years, still doing regular all-nighters even at 55 and loving every bit of it. I stumbled across you guys about a month or so ago - LOVE your channel. You've kept me going well into the morning hours many a night. My tastes run mostly into Clowes, Burns, Moebius and the whole Heavy Metal greats. I enjoy your passion, your banter and your encyclopedic insights into everything comic and art related... just wanted to say thanks for keeping the creative fires burning and thanks for inspiring people from every generation. All the best!
Got my copy signed by Clowes while at CXC after his spotlight interview (which people should absolutely go to next year), and before I gave him my book he made note of my Make More Comics shirt. We ended up talking the whole time about the Ames guide. I'm going to dig into this video after I've had my read though, but excited to hear you two break this down.
I asked Clowes last night at the Strand's signing event what pen did he use for lettering and he said Speedball's B6 calligraphy nib. I just tried it myself while lettering and yeah, that's where the Thin/Thickness comes from.
All the clues to solving the mystery are on the book! Clowes truly outdid himself here, its his most impenetrable comic. I'm reading it for the third time already and keep finding more clues to how everything is tied together. Little throwaway sentences reveal entire relationships that I couldn't even notice at first.
I thought that "Glow Infernal" was a story that Monica wrote. She mentions she used to write and towards the end of her life we see that she picked it up again, that's why there are a few parallels with her life and why it's written in first person as another character. It was her way of trying to make sense of everything. That was my take, but I could be wrong.
When Christian missionaries went into European pagan lands, they would sometimes cut down their sacred trees to show that Christ wasn't afraid of their pagan deities. Maybe that's part of what Clowes is referencing.
Had to stop the vid to get this one, thankyou guys sincerely for turning this art lover onto what good comicbooks and cartooning really are. Can't wait to finish watching this vid after I have drooled over my copy when it arrives. Exposure to this channel has truthfully changed how I make images and books.
Very appropriate ending to the video, especially considering how the book “ends” - both with Lynchian style.
Is this the first time you guys have said "Richard Sala" in a video?? Please do a video on one of his books, or several!
Any ideas about the brown paper bag? Security guy has it on page 52. Monica gives it to old Johnny on page 63. April’s dad gives it Monica on page 70-71. Here it contains the Second Gospel.
Looks so good! I'm waiting the french edition. Clowes continues to experiment, explore new ways to tell a story. I love his work. Thanks for the vidéo.
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That one panel in "The incident" chapter made me recall the laughing spitting man
A perfect "Clowesian" ending to the video
The Gary, I believe, is cartoonist Gary Leib, who passed away in 2021.
I waited to watch this video until I got my copy of Monica. Truly a masterpiece! The ending is up there with my all-time favorites.
That video ending tho! ^^
If anyone is into this cult small town surreal type of story, The Case of the Missing Men is a fantastic graphic novel that explores similar themes.
God, I thought I pretty much got the book on the first read, but after watching the video and reading the comments I’m realizing that I totally need to give it a second read. Such an amazing story, Clowes does it yet again.
I'm madly in love with this book.