6/2/2023 0 Comments Velvet glove cast in ironHowever, a good hour or two spent with these pages may reveal manifold meanings. He has later given an explanation that this novel is probably his subconscious railing against his first marriage. Teamed up with his stylish black and white artwork, oozing 50s B-movie sleaze, Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron is a portrait of a world that’s dark and messed up. Clowes' mastery lies not in the absurdity, but in his fantastic facial expressions. REVIEW Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron Clowes’ America is a surreal and brutal place, where deformity and psychosis are the norm. It's the sort of story-telling that wouldn't work in other media. Orifice-free dogs, a smiling advertising figure for a fascist collector's symbol (plus a wart on Hitler's neck), and conspiracy created where it doesn't already exist. Using disconcerting techniques from surrealism to erotica, this is in a vein with Joyce: You understand it, and it changes you or you assume it's just bizarre and nothing happens.Īlthough it's hard to define a plot as such, the swiftly-paced images give the book a sheen of paranoia or noir. (Note: it is significantly different to consume all in one sitting) Originally serialized in Eightball, now available in a collected edition. Seminal graphic novel by the revered Dan Clowes.
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