''Caricature'' is a book collection of nine
comic short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
by
Daniel Clowes
Daniel Gillespie Clowes (; born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter. Most of Clowes's work first appeared in '' Eightball'', a solo anthology comic book series. An ''Eightball'' issue typi ...
. In contrast to earlier Clowes collections such as ''Lout Rampage!'' and ''Orgy Bound'', ''Caricature'' concentrates on the more naturalistic, character-focused side of Clowes's output displayed in ''
Ghost World''. It includes some of his most admired short stories, including "Immortal, Invisible", "Gynecology" and the title story. All the material in the collection originally appeared in Clowes's
comic book
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''
Eightball'' with the exception of "Green Eyeliner", which was published in ''
Esquire''.
''Caricature'' was first published by
Fantagraphics Books in 1998 in a deluxe
hardcover edition. A less expensive
paperback
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version was released in 2002. Both editions contain a mixture of
full-color and
black-and-white
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Media
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material.
Contents
# "Caricature"
# "Blue Italian Shit"
# "The Gold Mommy"
# "MCMLXVI"
# "Like a Weed, Joe"
# "Immortal, Invisible"
# "Green Eyeliner"
# "Gynecology"
# "Black Nylon"
Comics by Daniel Clowes
1998 books
1998 in comics
Caricature
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