Go, Read: Profile of Dan Clowes

I usually don't go in for these kind of profile-y pieces on comics figures in the movies now, but I found this one about Dan Clowes by Scott Thill, suggested to me by Michael Drivas of Big Brain Comics, to be smarter than one usually expects, particularly when it comes to its brief exploration of the work.

"The anti-humanism of superior power, and its abuses, is best exemplified by Andy's Death Ray and Louie's scheme to start fights with potential brutes. 'What good is having a friend with super strength if you can't even find some bullies to beat up,' he whines after one unsuccessful conflict where the bullies don't take his bait. It is those kinds of clashes between superhero reality and fantasy that makes Andy and Louie's story so tragic."

Clowes is quoted liberally as well.
 
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