Monica

A master. Perfect fusion of story and art. Clowes is an auteur. Period. A superb narrator. -- Guillermo del ToroDiscover Monica, a wild romp through genre telling the cradle-to-grave story, actually, stories, of an ordinary American life - from the creator of Ghost WorldMonica is a dazzling, spectacular tapestry of interconnected narratives that together tell a life story. Abandoned by her free-spirited parents, this eponymous protagonist is a rag-to-riches character who succeeds in clawing her way to the top - only to lose it all in a stroke of bad luck. Monica lives out the rest of her contemplative days in search of her parents, encountering a cast of eccentric characters who help piece together the story of her life.This graphic novel extravaganza is an unforgettable ode to the many genres that have defined the comics form - from war, romance and horror to crime and the supernatural. Mysterious, uncategorisable and quintessentially Clowesian, here is a multi-layered masterpiece born of a lifetime of inspiration. Monica marks the creative apex of Daniel Clowes' distinguished career, one of the defining voices of the graphic novel boom over the past quarter-century.The rare cartoonist whose graphic novels become cultural events. ― New York Magazine