It is precisely Clowes’s lower-frequency sensitivities toward the suffering of his characters that power what many consider his greatest works - Ghost World, for one - and elevate his latest graphic novel, Monica, to the status of a masterpiece -- Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Novel

A master. Perfect fusion of story and art. Clowes is an auteur. Period. A superb narrator -- Guillermo del Toro, creator of THE SHAPE OF WATER

The rare cartoonist whose graphic novels become cultural events - New York Magazine

A thrilling kaleidoscopic journey… Fans will need little excuse to fling themselves into this genre-hopping work. But casual readers shouldn’t fret. Monica’s story, despite being told in themed fragments, with gaps that sometimes stretch for decades, is full of drama... A rich, clever work - Guardian

This strange and gripping book is often frightening and sometimes deeply sad. But it’s also wickedly funny at times… A series of pitch-perfect portraits… I could not put it down - Observer

Clowes' stories demand real attachment, and the more time I spent with Monica, the more I felt moved by the emotional ambition of its decades-long narrative - Atlantic

Clowes has long been considered one of the finest cartoonists of his generation.... But in Monica, he reaches a new artistic peak... The shifts suit the story but also allow the cartoonist to show off his love for the art form. Each section has a beautifully rendered drawing - whether it be a soldier lighting a cigarette or Monica wiping the steam from a bathroom mirror - that can be held up among the best of his career - Vanity Fair

No cartoonist alive devotes as much effort as Daniel Clowes to mapping the differences between the way people see themselves and the way they really are - Guardian

One of the most notable comic artists of our era, a pillar of the '80s-'90s scene who's continued to do great work up to the present day - NPR

Clowes delights in confounding expectations - SFX

Daniel Clowes was born in 1961. He is the creator of the comic books Eightball, Ghost World, which was made into a film by the director Terry Zwigoff, David Boring, and Ice Haven. His adaptation of his own Ghost World graphic novel for the screen earned him an Oscar nomination. A regular contributor to the New Yorker, McSweeney's, and the Best American Comics, he lives in California with his wife.