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Drawn and Quarterly
October 2011
On Sale: October 11, 2011
48 pages
ISBN: 1770460519
EAN: 9781770460515
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A POSTMODERN COMIC OF A NICOTINE-FUELED TEENAGE VIGILANTE
THAT WON THE EISNER, HARVEY, AND IGNATZ AWARDS Teen outcast Andy is an orphaned nobody with only one
friend, the obnoxious—but loyal—Louie. They roam school
halls and city streets, invisible to everyone but bullies
and tormentors, until the glorious day when Andy takes his
first puff on a cigarette. That night he wakes, heart
pounding, soaked in sweat, and finds himself suddenly
overcome with the peculiar notion that he can do anything.
Indeed, he can, and as he learns the extent of his new
powers, he discovers a terrible and seductive gadget—a
hideous compliment to his seething rage—that forever changes
everything. The Death-Ray utilizes the classic staples of the superhero
genre—origin, costume, ray gun, sidekick, fight scene—and
reconfigures them in a story that is anything but morally
simplistic. With subtle comedy, deft mastery, and an obvious
affection for the bold pop-art exuberance of comic book
design, Daniel Clowes delivers a contemporary meditation on
the darkness of the human psyche.
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