![]() The story then ends ominously on a panel of the forest. He comes home (presumably it’s home), and is told he’s going to miss his flight. He comes upon a squirrel with Q-Tip nipples. Take for instance the story of Nature Boy, which is beautifully drawn story about a boy wandering through a forest. Many of these issues collected here are titled shorts with beginnings, middles and ends. No, it also contains some wild and weird stories, stories about comic artists and even stories from the future. Religious fanatics get written about within as well, but that isn’t to say this is all reflective writing of the times. These are three types of people Clowes points out as rubbish people, but they aren’t the only ones. The sad part is Americans today haven’t changed much since 1989, as we’re still just as lazy, annoying and superficial. Clowes may not inspect the world around him in quite as much detail, but he almost does in regards to society and the quirks of people in day to day life. It’s a fascinating bit of reading one might liken to Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, another work written over a long stretch of time which was incredibly personal. ![]() But then, that’s the charm this book brings as you go back to a different time and see not only a different America, but a different Clowes. This book is massive, topping out at 450 or so pages and certainly isn’t meant to be read in one sitting. Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast! ![]()
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