Nostalgia and Paranoia - Daniel Clowes

[@leonardoguerrero444]

6:25 I love how he talks about how he dreams about finding his dream comic, that no one has ever told him about. Cause that to me was his book, Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron, ever since I saw it at this comic shop I felt it was completely tailored towards me and I fell in love

[@filmfanman65]

For anyone who is interested, the synthetic brush that Clowes is using is a Robert Simmons White Sable #2.

[@timothyhill1149]

lol

[@shiobuzz3724]

@@timothyhill1149 why is that funny?

[@timothyhill1149]

the days when people wouldn't tell you how they did it that's all is that ok.?

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

@@timothyhill1149 it's just an odd thing to lol at. It still doesn't make sense even after your explanation.

[@deebowen7974]

I love the way this profile is made, very intelligent filmaking. The interview segments, comic panel choices, soundtrack, all of it very involving. Also hearing Cowes techniques etc. Awesome

[@dddrum]

An intriguing and informative profile of an enormously talented artist/writer who bridged the gap between the past and the future, the comic book and the graphic novel, and the two disparate obsessive states of mind that comprise the title of this piece. I very much enjoyed the musical score, too --and the skittery POV montages of Clowes' story-art. Three and a half thumbs up, and another thumb held horizontally, with the pinkie arched in a dignified fashion. Oh just watch the damned thing.

[@christiantrosdorff1061]

Damn, I love this part where he talks about the ultimate comic book he'd like to find somewhere in Europe and then he says, that he probably feels the urge to draw it himself, because it doesn't exist yet.

[@Keiichichanisback]

thanks so much for uploading this! he is definitely a personal hero of mine. =)

[@myfavourite-cutthroatrazor]

I love how the backing music is like straight from the Exorcist.

[@markclowe]

Thanks a lot for this!!! Love the Clowesinator!!!!

[@jinnaboy]

what's with the crazy ominous music

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

it suits what he's talking about

[@insomniac9278]

To say that nostalgia and paranoia are linked makes an implicit, unconscious sense. Nostalgia is to long for what is lost, paranoia is to fear what may be lost.

[@markclowe]

Interesting insight, brother.

[@craigharrison1274]

Damn I need to read some Daniel Clowes again.

[@ChromatophoneNature]

This is cool. Wish it wasn't so blurry though

[@markclowe]

Higher res would be very lovely. But we take whatever we can get of this sort of thing, eh?

[@lillybolduc]

Why is this film maker obsessed with making everything Clowes say seem so grim? The music, close shots, and even asking immediately about nightmares when Clowes was just talking about comics composition. His comics can be dark, but they also have their own sense of humor to them. Get a grip

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

they're setting a mood so what?

[@intermodalmedia]

Wow, Thanks for this!

[@LabyrinthLurker]

I’ve wanted this level of access to Clowes’ process my entire life. Modern Cartoonist gives you a great look at Clowes’ process but this video is super cool (Minus the soundtrack. Sounds like one of those unlistenable Mike Patton albums woth 3 hours of breathing and scratching sounds. I’m glad that shit died). Anyway, Clowes’ technical ablity and craftsmanship has blown me away since I first picked up Eightball #1 all those years ago. I’ll probably watch this 60 times.

[@robert101455]

Yep. I have a copy of it, along with some other books by the same artist. They are truly nuts!

[@culturefan]

thanks this was interesting

[@emidore]

As I listen to Clowes speak, I'm thinking, "Now, who does he remind me of? Who sounds like that?" And then it hit me.......Mr. Rogers!

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

i was thinking mr burns

[@LuisDiazArtist]

I don't know anyone that sounds like him. He sounds great. Probably gives the best interviews by any accomplished comic creator.

[@GrimmTeather]

Thank you! Damn.. no seeds.

[@sherrilynnnelson703]

I love love love love love him and I live in Oakland where everything is enchanted because of his ghostly presence...

[@superskullis]

The new KZbin policies in regards to replying to comments are beyond annoying. I would like to be helpful and inform the user who posted below "Man I am dying to know what that conservative christian space comic is" and tell him that if he can get access to the book "In the Studio" by Todd Hignite it identifies what the comic is and shows pictures of some panels as well. Now, because rightly no one cares about Google+, I cannot reply and he will probably never see this. Keep trying to find ways to make more money, Google! Who cares if you're ruining KZbin!

[@plemgrubern]

man, whenever I'm browsing through these old videos I always want to reply to peopole but can't. it's so frustrating

[@zuutlmna]

+superskullis; A long time ago, when media industries saw they could manage market directions, they began to realize they could influence and manage interests..

[@polferiferus1938]

@Carl Lelandt - that is so disgusting, but so true and well said. With all the fine tuning on this platform, I more than suspect corporations, especially the one this one is attached to, to do everything in their power to smash all dissent and suffocate all comers with marshmallow vanilla codeine syrup. And keep us dreaming in a coma till dead and disposed of, replaced by a continuous drone army of “earners” who generate the blood they would feed on till all the world pointlessly burns up. On the bright side, for the moment I’m still alive and hope you are, too, as I type. (8 June, 2020; 1:53pm central)

[@GrimmTeather]

Does anyone know more about Pinkie Pienter? (the Dutch comic he referred to about 7 minutes in).

[@pigeonheadedman5225]

yeah its generally quite shit but that issue in the video is alright

[@moviemaniac1838]

Does anyone know what comic the bit from around 14:48 is from? I've only read Like A Velvet Glove, & Ghost World.

[@Mr3c2b1a]

It's in an 8ball somewhere. One of the later ones.

[@pigeonheadedman5225]

gold mommy

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

More drama than a telenovela

[@JackHoward96]

Is that Matt Groening at 16:46?

[@mattriley1184]

What is the Christian comic artist's name?

[@contrabandresearch8409]

I think it's John Jacobs on a comic called Doctor Peculiar (I could be wrong, though).

[@rootfish99]

@yefaithful Thanks! I definitely check it out!

[@shakezula5001]

Why in the world is this edited like an episode of Unsolved Mysteries?

[@TwEE-N-Toast]

Such sinister music.

[@LuisDiazArtist]

I'm sure the director loves Like A Velvet Glove...

[@jpcancela]

Do they just use normal china ink?

[@markvincentordiz3746]

idk if the film ghost world have something to do with him or it just the comic. don't read the end captions about the director, etc. the atmosphere of it..

[@JackHoward96]

The interviewer seems to have some sort of heightened insight into Clowes' brain.

[@GrimmTeather]

Thanks. I left it going and grabbed them. I'll leave it seeding...

[@newartmov]

How ironic Daniel... I keep hoping OK soda will return but it doesn't. I am left to make designs, stickers and labels either directly copying, or in the same vein as the OK soda artwork I loved as a kid. I keep hoping it will come back but... it's just a fantasy.

[@Monitiko]

He sounds just like Crumb.

[@CollinClowes]

I wonder If I'm related to this guy lol

[@vaclavslajch9879]

Now... Imagine the same film, just change the soundtrack for Yakety Sax...

[@vertex9spydrfilmz114]

All his last few books including Monica seem to b rather influenced by that Pinky comic?

[@AT-5000_Autodialer]

Do all these guys talk like Crumb or vice versa? Lol

[@rootfish99]

Man I am dying to know what that conservative christian space comic is.

[@karakenio]

26:42 nostalgia & paranoia

[@ricardopickman]

"Nostalgie" sounds so european...

[@Jez0]

that or too much acid

[@scientifico]

WTF? My two favorite artists Crumb and Clowes both speak the same effin' way with that "vocal fry" thing. For most it seems like an affectation, for Clowes and Crumb I feel like the effort of talking is just arduous and kind of bothersome, as if unsuited and unwilling to the labor of speaking.

[@curtisthomson4209]

I think Clowes and Ware have adopted much of Crumb's mannerisms and affectations.

[@cha5]

I prefer Chris Ware

[@Snackay]

Thanks for the shaky cam. Stopped watching when I saw that.