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David Boring (Paperback)

by Daniel Clowes (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 124 pages
  • Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd; 1st ed. edition (7 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0224063235
  • ISBN-13: 978-0224063234
  • Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 19.2 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,014 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Boring finds love with a mysterious woman called Wanda, loses her and sort-of finds her again. He also gets shot in the head (twice) and stranded on an island with his brutish family. Meanwhile, the world may or may not be ending soon. And did I mention that much of this is hilariously funny.' Time; 'Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock's Vertigo, but with religious cults, fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling.' Guardian

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‘Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock’s Vertigo, but with religious cults, fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling.’

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5.0 out of 5 stars Anything but Boring, 17 Aug 2005
By R. S. Brown "The Laird" (Shropshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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I may be a little hasty writing this review (I only finished the first reading twenty minutes or so ago), but I simply cannot contain myself. This really is a truly fantastic graphic novel (or 'comic book' as Clowes states on the cover, presumably to avoid the common euphemism). When I ripped it from its Amazon packaging this morning I was peculiarly less-than-optimistic of Clowes' cold, realistic cartoon style which reminded me all too much of the mainstream '60s comics that our eponymous (anti-) hero's absent father authored. Thankfully, these feelings were quickly shattered.

To avoid ruining it, David Boring is a young man who pursues a number of doomed sexual encounters in pursuit of his ideal woman (in a nutshell, big-bottomed). This leads him to the mysterious Wanda, his relationship which whom results in a near-fatal shooting, and isolation and murder-mystery on a secluded island while the world is in danger of apocalypse. All the characters in this story are doomed and pathetic, but the story is an interesting exploration into sexual obsession and the nature of love and attraction - as well as being a suspenseful whodunit.

Where I would stray from saying this about any other comic book, 'David Boring' is filmic (in the conventional "3-act structure" David attempts in this unwritten screenplay) in the way that presumably gave 'Ghost World' the potential to make the adaptation such a cult status (the book or film of which I am still yet to have experienced). While I would love to see 'David Boring' made into film more so than any other comic I've read in quite a while, like every great work of this medium it could only possibly have been fully realised in the static pictorial narrative form.

There may only be 116 pages of actual narrative, but you will be immensely surprised by how succinctly Clowes executes so richly complex a tale in such limited constraints. You'll finish it in an hour, but you'll no doubt be drawn back. I'm just about to re-read it now.

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13 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly The Best Thing I've Ever Read!!!, 9 Jan 2001
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Oh man, I've just finished reading this and I am breathless. This is just fantasic! The artwork is stylish but not thankfully isn't intrusive upon the truly awesome story. Its only real weak point is a rushed third act, but that is okay because of the amazing standard throughout.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best comic ever written, 6 Aug 2007
By Mr. J. S. Tagestam - See all my reviews
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Yes, I think this is the best comic ever made. It's even better than "Watchmen" etc. If you're only going to read one comic in your life, get this one.

No super heroes and not a lot of action, but amazing nevertheless.

For fans of red wine. Oh, I mean, for fans of good comics. I seriously doubt Daniel Clowes will ever put his name to anything as good as this ever again.
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