Gallery: Modern Cartoonist Daniel Clowes Prefers Paper to iPad

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    *Cover art from* Eightball *No. 7 offers a peek inside the mind of Daniel Clowes*
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    Spider-Man *drawings created by a 6-year-old Daniel Clowes in 1967*
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    *A page from Daniel Clowes' sketchbook, circa 1996, reflects the influence of alternative comics pioneer R. Crumb.*
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    *The cover of* Eightball *No. 1, August 1989*
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    *The cover of* Eightball *No. 12, November 1993*
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    *Issue No. 23 of* Eightball *featured Daniel Clowes' Spider-Man homage,* The Death-Ray.
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    *Cover art for* The Official Lloyd Llewellyn Collection*, published in 1989*
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    *The cover of Daniel Clowes'* Ghost World, *1997*
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    *The opening page of* Ghost World, *1997*
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    *Variations on the title character featured in Daniel Clowes' graphic novel* Wilson, *2010*
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