DANIEL CLOWES / Wilson / In Conversation with Glen David Gold, Plus Slides

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 7:30pm
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Meet Wilson, an opinionated middle-aged loner who loves his dog and quite possibly no one else. In an ongoing quest to find human connection, he badgers friend and stranger alike into a series of one-sided conversations, punctuating his own lofty discursions with a brutally honest, self-negating sense of humor. After his father dies, Wilson, now irrevocably alone, sets out to find his ex-wife with the hope of rekindling their long-dead relationship, and discovers he has a teenage daughter, born after the marriage ended and given up for adoption. Wilson eventually forces all three to reconnect as a family -- a doomed mission that will surely, inevitably backfire.

In the first all-new graphic novel from one of the leading cartoonists of our time, Daniel Clowes creates a thoroughly engaging, complex, and fascinating portrait of the modern egoist -- outspoken and oblivious to the world around him. Working in a single-page-gag format and drawing in a spectrum of styles, the cartoonist of GhostWorld, Ice Haven, and David Boring gives us his funniest and most deeply affecting novel to date.

 

Oscar-nominated screenwriter and award-winning cartoonist Daniel Clowes lives in Oakland, with his wife and son, where he continues to create his Eightball comic book series and write screenplays.

 

Our guest moderator and conversationalist this evening is GLEN DAVID GOLD, the author of Sunnyside and Carter Beats the Devil.

 

Preferred seating tickets available with the purchase of a copy of WILSON at The Booksmith from April 27 while supplies last.

 

 

Books: 
Wilson By Daniel Clowes Cover Image
$21.95
ISBN: 9781770460072
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Drawn and Quarterly - April 27th, 2010

Ghost World By Daniel Clowes Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781560974277
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Fantagraphics - April 1st, 2001

David Boring (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Daniel Clowes Cover Image
$23.00
ISBN: 9780375714528
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Pantheon - September 24th, 2002