Daniel Clowes

Daniel Clowes is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator and screenwriter whose work includes Ghost World, David Boring and Patience. Many of his longer works first ran as chapters in Eightball, the solo anthology comic he wrote, before being collected as graphic novels. He adapted Ghost World into a 2001 film and another Eightball story into Art School Confidential in 2006, both with filmmaker Terry Zwigoff. His comics and films have received a Pen Award for Outstanding Work in Graphic Literature, more than a dozen Harvey and Eisner Awards, and an Academy Award nomination.