PUSSEY! Dan Clowes Skewers the Comic Industry of the '90s (lots of it still applies)!
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R.I.P. Ed, Hard to belive that you're gone
I was a grunt in the Marvel Bullpen beteen 1990 and the end of 1998, and when the Dan Pussey stuff came out, we loved it. Its look at the daily life in a comics production studio was 100% accurate.
Steve, what did you do in the Bullpen in the 90s? What was a typical day like? - Jim
You guys were my gateway to Dan Clowes. Picked up Like A Velvet Glove, loved it, picked up Ghost World, loved it even a little bit more. This book is next! Just a complete master of his craft. Also, this book seems hilarious.
Can’t help but notice Butthead, Napoleon Dynamite.
Still waiting for that Dan Clowes interview my dudes. Anyways love this vid!
Yes!!!
The "De LaRosa" brothers re-tiling Mr. Anger's bathroom has its roots in a real life controversy in the eighties Comics Journal where it was rumored that the Hernandez Bros. re-tiled Gary Groth's bathroom.
Love it! The new chapters I’d love Clowes to add are people who get into comics to get a movie deal and speculators.
eye-opening survey of a comic artist I had never heard of before! Thanks, guys!
This is hilarious! You guys are awesome. Pussey is a timeless classic. So brutal and true. Comics, kids!
Dan Clowes' quote that if it weren't for birth control he woulda been doing mainstream superhero stuff with his peers always stuck with me. For me, Pussey! is him following that thought to its conclusion.
Must say I enjoy every one of your videos. Thanks again for giving us something fun to watch, especially during these trying times!
Thanks for watching! - Jim
Loved how much you two chuckled during your review.
I ran the music and movie department at a Barnes and Noble for eons, had many friends, enemies, and indifferents among the vast cast of characters who would come in and hang out. Funny to think that Ed Piskor is one of those guys at one of those stores out there.
Absolutely hysterical! I was laughing out loud at your commentary!! Also, fwiw, I grew up an indy comics kid and I love all your videos. Everything from Liefeld to Columbia...it's all amazing!!
Love these Clowes videos. (I now own everything he created of course. Ha.) Hanging out with Ed and Jim is so much fun. Can’t believe Ed is gone.
When I got my first copy of Eightball as a kid, this part really baffled me.
more clowes vids please!! he's my all time fav and i love hearing your thoughts on his work. also.. i already have his stuff so i don't have to worry about that kayfabe effect!
Customer-I’m looking for Pussey.
Me-aren’t we all
“The Mutilator” is the name of the sledgehammer wielding character in the Ghost World movie
I wish Fantagraphics floppy comics were still a thing. I miss this era of anthology books by cartoonists.
All the new artwork looks great. Got my copies of Octobriana blacklight and black and white in the mail and have really enjoyed them. Red Room looks damn cool. Sweet lowdown on PUSSEY!
It's a good day when Clowes is getting the Kayfabe treatment. Gonna get some good drawing in watching this one. One of his best.
So great to revisit these stories with two people who are steeped in comics history & culture. I feel like I have a totally new insight into them.
As a kid, I thought Dan Pussey was meant to be John Byrne.
Byrne's legend probably informed some of Pussey. He was a high-profile "mainstream" cartoonist with a distinct personality at the time. - Jim
Clowes' work was probably the first major indie comic I latched onto. It opened my eyes to a whole new way to explore comics as a story telling medium. :)
Another excellent show! One of the best things about your show is that you cover the technical aspects of making comics, and you present comics from different generations. Speaking of that how about a look at S. Clay Wilson. He kept his technique a secret. Would love to see you guys examine his art. Thank you for your show, getting through the pandemic has been made easier because of all your hard work. Oh, and thank you for the cool t-shirt. Think I'll have to buy another!
FYI - The "Pooh-Say" joke is likely inspired by WC Fields' _The Bank Dick_ where Fields' character is Egbert Sousé ("accent grav over the E") which also features a bar called The Black Pussy Café (where Shemp is the bartender). Check it out - a comedy masterpiece.
Never heard the rumor of the Filipino artists being position to take over if comics pros organized a union. Great video, yet another book to add to the list.
I broke out my copy (2nd print of the 1st edition) just a few days ago! It's got a
Spider-Man sketch by Clowes in it
Also, Silly Daddy! Joe Chiapetta was good dude!
For a future episode, you guys should do a Noah Van Sciver piece. His Fante Bukowski books and his Disquiet collection are great reads.
Pussey perfectly fits as rob liefeld
When I read this in high school all this stuff went over my head
Best podcast of the month! (so far.... haven't seen today's yet!)
I'm definitely going to find this and get it quickly to my hands!
i always like to think that the two old women at the end are enid and rebecca
Still would love to see a good dive on Caricature and eightball 18. That Modern cartoonist pamphlet is incredible.
There was an 80's slasher movie called "The Mutilator".
Also, every time you say "Dan Pussey", I snicker.
Classic!
Absolute classic!!!!
Hilarious.
I've seen original comic artwork from the 40s/50s/60s (by Belgian artists) with blue watercolor used to mark certain areas. Always wondererd why the artists (Morris for example, the creator of Lucky Luke) did that... maybe just to give the pages a more "finished" feel, maybe as an indicator for the colorist. Whatever the reason may be, I like the look. I use it sometimes for sketchbook stuff, when I don't feel like using greys.
It usually indicates that the drawing was first published with a gray tone (like zipatone) added in those places, or in that period, maybe it was published with black line drawing + one added color. The artist would indicate the placement with the blue watercolor and then the color separator or someone at the printer's would typically cut out the tone on an acetate overlay. Light blue watercolor was used because it wouldn't show in the printer's camera, so the line art could be shot without the color affecting it.
Why is the b&w edition labelled 1986, but has the same cover design as the others?
Dying to see the caricature video
Man i havent that of Ed from Phantom of the Attic in many moons
amazing video!
MEMBERS ONLY FOR LIFE
I paused this at 20 minutes, ordered the book, read it, laughed out loud the whole time and now I can watch the rest. My favourite joke in the whole thing is when Dan finally goes to the drawing table with the intention of making something personal and non-super hero related and just can't do it.
Fuck, I love Cartoonist Kayfabe, even if it does sometimes indulge my inner Dan Pussey.
Hell yeah
It’s pronounced Pooh-say!!! LOL
Will y'all be hitting up all the Fantagraphics old guard? How about some Bagge, though I wonder if his stuff has aged well? Better yet, really blow peoples' minds with some Woodring deep dives.
Ed, your work pages on Red Room are FANTASTIC! I bet you're working at 8 1/2 X 11 or 9X12. I may need to reduce my page size in order to work faster. Jim, Octobriana is GREAT! GREAT VIDEO!
Thank you. - Jim
The guy who takes the payola and says “God, I love superheroes!” looks an awful lot like Don Thompson (RIP) the co-publisher of the old Comics Buyer’s Guide ad rag. Of course, any resemblance is purely coincidental, I’m sure.
M.A.N