COMIC ARTIST

Daniel Clowes

1961 - Today

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Daniel Gillespie Clowes (; born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter. Most of Clowes's work first appeared in Eightball, a solo anthology comic book series. An Eightball issue typically contained several short pieces and a chapter of a longer narrative that was later collected and published as a graphic novel, such as Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (1993), Ghost World (1997), David Boring (2000) and Patience (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Clowes has received more than 560,973 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Daniel Clowes is the 185th most popular comic artist (up from 187th in 2019), the 12,427th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,120th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Comic Artist.

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  • 560k

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  • 48.41

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

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  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Daniel Clowes ranks 185 out of 226Before him are Robert Kirkman, Scott McCloud, Yoshitoshi ABe, Joe Kubert, Garth Ennis, and Arina Tanemura. After him are Gary Larson, Koyoharu Gotouge, Natsuki Takaya, Walt Kelly, Kevin Eastman, and Joann Sfar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Daniel Clowes ranks 572Before him are Orla Brady, Alexis Mendoza, Corey Johnson, Magda Szubanski, Jasper Fforde, and Keith Gordon. After him are Johann Passler, Maxi Priest, Katrin Dörre-Heinig, Vida Vencienė, Reggie Fils-Aimé, and Gillian Gilbert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Clowes ranks 12,427 out of 20,380Before him are Ron Glass (1945), Austin Nichols (1980), Marvin Kaplan (1927), Bill Hinzman (1936), Tim Thomerson (1946), and Dax Shepard (1975). After him are Mary Wells (1943), Jean Wallace (1923), Sara Josephine Baker (1873), Jack Hannah (1913), Penny Pax (1989), and John Elway (1960).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Daniel Clowes ranks 47Before him are Harvey Pekar (1939), Bill Watterson (1958), Scott Adams (1957), Peter Laird (1954), Robert Kirkman (1978), and Scott McCloud (1960). After him are Gary Larson (1950), Walt Kelly (1913), Kevin Eastman (1962), Bruce Timm (1961), Nina Paley (1968), and John Romita Jr. (1956).