Daniel Clowes is the most popular alternative comics artist of the day, and perhaps, the most popular of his generation. And there's a reason for it. With his comic Eightball, Clowes tells stories ranging from twisted Mad Magazine-style humor, to serious and dark studies of the human mind. Clowes' first published work was Lloyd Llewellyn #1 in 1986. Since then, his work has appeared almost everywhere, ranging from Twist, Blab, Young Lust, Weirdo, The Village Voice, National Lampoon, Cracked, Details, and David Greenbergers Duplex Planet Illustrated. Of course, the bulk of his work has appeared in Eightball, which has won Clowes countless awards and acclaim. Clowes achieves that rare combination of a cartoonist that is versatile in both art and writing. His images range from the overly cartoony to dark and sophisticated. The same goes for the writing that accompanies his art, which in one story can make you laugh uproariously, and with the following feature, quiet you down and make you think.