David Boring

Discover the adventures of David Boring in this electrifying new graphic novel from the author of Ghost WorldDavid Boring is a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured inner life and an obsessive nature. When he meets the girl of his dreams things begin to go awry what seems too good to be true apparently is and what seems truest in Boring's life is that given the right set of circumstances (in this case a sensational cascade of vengeance humiliation and murder) the primal nature of mankind will come inexorably to the fore.'Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock's Vertigo but with religious cults fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling' - Guardian Review Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock'sVertigo but with religious cults fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling ―GuardianFor those interested in comic art's potential Clowes' work offers exciting literary possibilities. Boring is anything but ―Time MagazineDaniel Clowes' underground comics are now a hipster must-have. Why? Because his work is beautifully drawn with subtle convincing storylines centred on everyday emotional weirdness ―Time Out About the Author Daniel Clowes was born in 1961. He is the creator of the comic booksEightballGhost World which was made into a film by the director Terry ZwigoffDavid Boring andIce Haven. His adaptation of his ownGhost World graphic novel for the screen earned him an Oscar nomination. A regular contributor to the New Yorker McSweeney’s andThe Best American Comics he lives in California with his wife.|Discover the adventures of David Boring in this electrifying new graphic novel from the author of Ghost WorldDavid Boring is a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured inner life and an obsessive nature. When he meets the girl of his dreams things begin to go awry: what seems too good to be true apparently is and what seems truest in Boring's life is that given the right set of circumstances (in this case a sensational cascade of vengeance humiliation and murder) the primal nature of mankind will come inexorably to the fore.'Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock's Vertigo but with religious cults fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling' - Guardian|Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock's Vertigo but with religious cults fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling|For those interested in comic art's potential Clowes' work offers exciting literary possibilities. Boring is anything but|Daniel Clowes' underground comics are now a hipster must-have. Why? Because his work is beautifully drawn with subtle convincing storylines centred on everyday emotional weirdness