1. Daniel Gillespie Clowes is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter.
22 Facts About Daniel Clowes
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Daniel Clowes's illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, Newsweek, Vogue, The Village Voice, and elsewhere.
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Daniel Clowes was born in Chicago, Illinois, to an auto mechanic mother and a furniture craftsman father.
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Daniel Clowes's mother was Jewish, whereas his father was from a "reserved WASPish Pennsylvania" family; Clowes's upbringing was not religious.
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In 1985, Daniel Clowes drew the first comic to feature his character Lloyd Llewellyn.
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Daniel Clowes designed the label's mascot, Punky, who appeared on T-shirts, paddle-balls, watches, and other merchandise.
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In 1994, Daniel Clowes created art for the Ramones video "I Don't Want to Grow Up".
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In 2006, after a health crisis, Daniel Clowes underwent open-heart surgery.
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Daniel Clowes's work emerged from the late-1980s and early-1990s American alternative comics scene and played an important role in comics achieving a new level of respect from reviewers, academics, and readers.
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Daniel Clowes has received dozens of awards and nominations for his comics and film work.
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Daniel Clowes received the prestigious Fauve d'Or for his album Monica at the 51 Edition of the "Festival de la BD d'Angouleme" in January 2024.
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Daniel Clowes wrote a screenplay based on the true story of three boys who, over the course of seven years, filmed a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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In 2016, it was announced Daniel Clowes will adapt his graphic novel Patience for Focus Features.
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Soon thereafter, those familiar with indie comics noticed its remarkable resemblance to "Justin M Damiano," a comic Clowes contributed to the 2008 charity anthology The Book of Other People.
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Legal representatives of Daniel Clowes sent a cease-and-desist letter to LaBeouf concerning another tweet stating he intended to make a second film plagiarizing Daniel Clowes.
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In 1993 and 1994, Daniel Clowes created artwork for Coca-Cola's Generation X-inspired beverage OK Soda, which was test-marketed in select American cities in 1994 and 1995 before being discontinued.
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Daniel Clowes's art appeared on cans, bottles, twelve-pack cases, posters, vending machines, and other merchandise, along with point-of sale display items.
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Daniel Clowes's art appeared on a skateboard deck for Santa Cruz Skateboards.
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Daniel Clowes drew covers and booklet art for the Criterion Collection's releases of Samuel Fuller's films Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss.
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An OK Soda vending machine with Daniel Clowes art appears in several shots in Christopher Guest's mockumentary Waiting for Guffman.
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Daniel Clowes created the movie poster for Todd Solondz's film Happiness.
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Daniel Clowes drew the key art for Season 4 of the HBO series Silicon Valley and the cover for Encounter Briefs, a fictional comic book featured in Greg Mottola's film Paul.