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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). Clowes's illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, Newsweek, Vogue, The Village Voice, and elsewhere. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Clowes is the 215th most popular comic artist (down from 185th in 2024), the 14,644th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,422nd in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Daniel Clowes ranks 215 out of 226. Before him are Doaa el-Adl, Tatsuya Endo, Nisio Isin, Joann Sfar, George Pérez, and Hideaki Sorachi. After him are Kentaro Yabuki, Carlos Ezquerra, Bruce Timm, Liv Strömquist, Aka Akasaka, and Yuki Urushibara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Daniel Clowes ranks 799. Before him are Ron Klain, Alejandro Domínguez, Wolfgang Knaller, César Zabala, Hermann Gröhe, and Sergei Fokin. After him are Benoît Delhomme, Aleksei Chaly, Muslimgauze, Byun Byung-joo, Linda Manz, and Frank Jensen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Clowes ranks 14,648 out of 20,380. Before him are Matt Letscher (1970), Bryan Johnson (1977), Teena Marie (1956), John Paulson (1955), Nan Grey (1918), and Tony Gwynn (1960). After him are John Paxson (1960), Jerry Coyne (1949), Jay Arnette (1938), C. Everett Koop (1916), Margaret Bailes (1951), and Albert Brewer (1928).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Daniel Clowes ranks 56. Before him are Walt Kelly (1913), Kevin Eastman (1962), Scott Adams (1957), Jeph Loeb (1958), Gary Larson (1950), and George Pérez (1954). After him are Bruce Timm (1961), Brian Michael Bendis (1967), Craig McCracken (1971), Steve Purcell (1961), Kurt Busiek (1960), and Craig Thompson (1975).

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