Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron

Sometimes you find yourself living an unexpected life -- no longer sufficiently rooted (in people and places and things) to be able to exercise that faculty of constantly creating, 2 or 3 steps ahead of yourself, the road you're on and the days you inhabit, by virtue of pre-expectation. The world es exactly what you have always known it would be, and each step you have taken has only served to reinforce this... and then one day its all gone. And where do you live then, you? You live in the world, the unrooted, fleeting, ever-ambiguous world outside your head, and it is truly more strange and vivid than anything you ever imagined. And it has teeth...This book will disturb your sleep for months. Tina, Foot-Foot, Clay, Laura the Dog, et al inhabit a neighboring counter-earth to the planet David Lynch hails from. Ther serial/chapter format, the mad accumulation of details and plot tangents, the little girl with the pipe... Creepy as hell. Harum Scarum indeed...Wish everyone could have been there back when you had to wait 3-4 months between serial installments of this in Eightball. It was truly disturbing then.

I like reading and watching stuff that makes me feel like I'm dreaming. Clowes is one of the best artists to ever attempt to do that. This story is depressing, shocking and uncomfortable the whole way through. It is my second favorite Clowes story, after "The Gold Mommy," which can be found in his "Caricature" collection.

I got this comic book randomly after googling "graphic novel stream of consciousness" and clicking on the first result. It's exactly what I like: vague, surreal story, obscure references, dark humor. It might happen you'll find it too disturbing or just hate it - but I'm certain your opinion won't be in the neutral spectrum. Great idea for a coffee table book BTW.

It was all right, ok, not bad; but for me to rate it as 5*..not going to happen. I read it twice in three days and, while it was all the other reviews say it is, it just left me feeling "ho-hum". It is an excursion into fantasy that seems to serve no purpose. The only revelation I could get was that most of life seems to be a compilation of mis-directed endeavors brought about by little understood compulsions from the subconscious mind and that, like life, resolution is often not what we envision or desire. Okay; but still..just "okay".

This book is really weird, and kind of disturbing. I think that another read-through is warranted. Clowes hits another home run.

Sooooo trippy. Definitely recommend if you like psychedelic, macabre writing.

Finally got this. Read it years ago as it was published in the EIGHTBALL comics. This is very well printed on great stock. Worth every penny.

god

Just brilliant, from start to finish. I think i felt all the emotions while readign this, and the artwork is just fantastic.

I always like Clowes's stuff and often love it, but, though Ghost World and the recent Patience come very close, nothing touches this. It reads like some oneiric shaggy dog story, improvised out of fragments of nightmares, with no governing logic, but never taking a misstep.

This is the kind of comic that makes me genuinely afraid of people.Well, actually to be more specific and to quote Mr Bowie ... afraid of americans...because no matter how far out and twisted the characters and events may be ... i have an uneasy feeling that if you went a travelling and got lost in the woods some of these things could happen... somehow ... somewhere.Strange doesnt even start to describe 'Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron' but: stunning, surreal and nightmarish is a beginning. Hilarious nuggets of black humour make the eerie journey even more engrossing and I have a feeling that a couple of those characters are gonna stay with me for quite a while. Clowes characterizations are amazing... he can make anyone look... well just alittle bit wrong, disturbed, inbred and goofy!I think Clowes is an artist everyone interested in comics and/or the bizarre just has to explore...go buy it... but just dont read it when you're eating... it leaves a funny taste in the mouth.

Absolutely wonderful... a bizarre head trip from start to finish. My favourite of all Clowes's work, and I love everything by him! Beautifully illustrated too. Couldn't recommend more.

*Sobre el vendedor (Amazon MX):El libro tardó un poco más en llegar porque no tenían ejemplares disponibles. Aunque no se mencionaba esto en ninguna parte como suele notificar Amazon.*Sobre el producto:Ésta es una obra maestra y una muestra de lo que se puede lograr artísticamente con los medios que ofrece el cómic.Daniel Clowes desarrolló Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron periódicamente en los primeros diez tomos de Eightball, publicados entre 1989 y 1993. En el 93 se publicaron los diez capítulos reunidos ahora como una obra independiente con algunos retoques hechos por Clowes.En la obra, Clowes presenta un dibujo extraordinario y limpio que sirve como contrapeso a la trama densa y temas oscuros que se desarrollan en la historia. Salpicada de referencias culturales, la narración mantiene su ritmo a través de una estructura sencilla de paneles. Esto permite una plasticidad narrativa que Clowes aprovecha para lograr una narrativa bien sintesizada.Una obra recomendada sólo para aquellos que gustan del cómic (o "novela gráfica") como una expresión artística.La edición es de buena calidad, aunque el tipo de papel y de impresión permite que se manchen unas páginas con otras. Esta publicación es exactamente igual que la edición anterior:  Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron , sólo se cambió el diseño de la portada y contraportada, lo que significa que no tiene 200 páginas como se anuncia, sino 144 como todas las demás ediciones anteriores. Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron