Monica

The rare cartoonist whose graphic novels become cultural events

New York Magazine

No cartoonist alive devotes as much effort as Daniel Clowes to mapping the differences between the way people see themselves and the way they really are

Guardian

A master. Perfect fusion of story and art. Clowes is an auteur. Period. A superb narrator

Guillermo del Toro, creator of The Shape of Water

One of the most notable comic artists of our era, a pillar of the '80s-'90s scene who's continued to do great work up to the present day

NPR

Clowes delights in confounding expectations

SFX

A thrilling kaleidoscopic journey… Fans will need little excuse to fling themselves into this genre-hopping work. But casual readers shouldn’t fret. Monica’s story, despite being told in themed fragments, with gaps that sometimes stretch for decades, is full of drama... A rich, clever work

Guardian

This strange and gripping book is often frightening and sometimes deeply sad. But it’s also wickedly funny at times… A series of pitch-perfect portraits… I could not put it down

Observer

Clowes has long been considered one of the finest cartoonists of his generation.... But in Monica, he reaches a new artistic peak... Each section has a beautifully rendered drawing - whether it be a soldier lighting a cigarette or Monica wiping the steam from a bathroom mirror - that can be held up among the best of his career

Vanity Fair

It is precisely Clowes’s lower-frequency sensitivities toward the suffering of his characters that power what many consider his greatest works - Ghost World, for one - and elevate his latest graphic novel, Monica, to the status of a masterpiece

Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Novel

Clowes' stories demand real attachment, and the more time I spent with Monica, the more I felt moved by the emotional ambition of its decades-long narrative

Atlantic

I can think of few other artists in the medium who marry their style so perfectly to their subject matter... Clowes is going from strength to strength

Prospect

In classic fashion, Clowes offers another devastating, surreal examination of human nature... A hauntingly precise and compellingly strange study of the human struggle to reconcile a decentered past with a path forward

Booklist

A new Daniel Clowes release is always a cause for celebration - and with Monica, it’s another career highlight

NYLON

A new book by Clowes is always eagerly anticipated... Monica didn’t disappoint… He gives us our own times magnificently disguised as a gorgeous-looking period piece

Observer, *Books of the Year*

The year’s most eagerly awaited work... A book that’s philosophical as well as playful, and one of his best

Guardian, *Best Graphic Novels of the Year*