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Eightball (comics)
Eightball is a comic book by Daniel Clowes and published by Fantagraphics. It ran from 1989 to 2004. Eightball has been among the best-selling series in alternative comics. The series, and Clowes, were recognized with multiple industry awards, including four Eisner Awards, 14 Harvey Awards, and five Ignatz Awards.
Clowes has stated that his initial inspiration for the comic was anthologies such as Mad magazine that he read as a kid. In coming up with the title for the new series, Clowes said,
"I wanted something that really didn’t mean anything. When you picture an eight ball, you imagine a black ball, the most formless thing I could imagine. A ball being a shape that has nothing you can alight on. It has no surfaces. It's just this kind of infinite void and then it's black. I thought it was perfect. The perfect thing for a name for something that is utterly blank and yet seems like it's something."
The first issue of Eightball (Oct. 1989) had a print run of 3,000. By issue #18 (1997), the print run was approximately 25,000 — and the first issue had been through seven printings.
The first 18 issues of the comic were published in a traditional comic book size and format; beginning with issue #19 (May 1998), Eightball was published in full color in a larger magazine-sized format.
Early issues of Eightball feature a mixture of very short, often crudely humorous comics ("Zubrick and Pogeybait", "The Sensual Santa"), topical rants and satires ("Art School Confidential", "On Sports"), longer, more reflective self-contained stories ("Caricature", "Immortal Invisible"), and serialized works.
The first extended story serialized in Eightball was Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, which ran in issues #1–10. Like a Velvet Glove... was followed by Pussey! (serialized in issues #1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 14), and Ghost World (serialized in issues #11–18). David Boring, serialized in issues #19-21, and Ice Haven (issue #22) were also later collected as graphic novels.
"Devil Doll," from issue #1, is a parody of several religious tracts by Jack Chick.
Eightball (comics)
Eightball is a comic book by Daniel Clowes and published by Fantagraphics. It ran from 1989 to 2004. Eightball has been among the best-selling series in alternative comics. The series, and Clowes, were recognized with multiple industry awards, including four Eisner Awards, 14 Harvey Awards, and five Ignatz Awards.
Clowes has stated that his initial inspiration for the comic was anthologies such as Mad magazine that he read as a kid. In coming up with the title for the new series, Clowes said,
"I wanted something that really didn’t mean anything. When you picture an eight ball, you imagine a black ball, the most formless thing I could imagine. A ball being a shape that has nothing you can alight on. It has no surfaces. It's just this kind of infinite void and then it's black. I thought it was perfect. The perfect thing for a name for something that is utterly blank and yet seems like it's something."
The first issue of Eightball (Oct. 1989) had a print run of 3,000. By issue #18 (1997), the print run was approximately 25,000 — and the first issue had been through seven printings.
The first 18 issues of the comic were published in a traditional comic book size and format; beginning with issue #19 (May 1998), Eightball was published in full color in a larger magazine-sized format.
Early issues of Eightball feature a mixture of very short, often crudely humorous comics ("Zubrick and Pogeybait", "The Sensual Santa"), topical rants and satires ("Art School Confidential", "On Sports"), longer, more reflective self-contained stories ("Caricature", "Immortal Invisible"), and serialized works.
The first extended story serialized in Eightball was Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, which ran in issues #1–10. Like a Velvet Glove... was followed by Pussey! (serialized in issues #1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 14), and Ghost World (serialized in issues #11–18). David Boring, serialized in issues #19-21, and Ice Haven (issue #22) were also later collected as graphic novels.
"Devil Doll," from issue #1, is a parody of several religious tracts by Jack Chick.