Mister Wonderful: A Love Story; graphic novel by Daniel Clowes

A “midlife romance” by Daniel Clowes (Eightball, Ghost World).

“Clowes’s barbed comics, from Ghost World to Ice Haven, have struck a chord with many since he sprang on to the scene in the mid-1980s. Mister Wonderful, an expanded version of a strip first published in the New York Times, is more uplifting than much of his work, but that doesn’t mean all goes well. Middle-aged divorcee Marshall hasn’t been on a date for six years when, his confidence boosted by a one-night-stand with a thieving drug addict, he agrees to meet a woman called Natalie in a coffee shop. Both are similarly troubled, but Marshall dominates the piece, his interior monologue flashing in great panels across Mister Wonderful‘s pages. The artwork is always enjoyable and this short, wry graphic novel suggests there’s hope for us all – even if we have to go through some gut-wrenching embarrassment to get there.” —The Guardian

Hardcover, published in 2011 by Pantheon Books. Out of print; VF/as new. [Graphic Novels, top shelf]

$ 45.00