The Death-Ray
by: Daniel Clowes
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly (2004)
$19.95
Out of stock
Staff Pick by comrade: Sea
"It's a damn shame about people, it really is. We are surely the vilest creatures in all of nature." Read this beautifully illustrated comic and follow the life and times of Andy that lead him to this painful realization about humanity.
APOSTMODERNCOMICOFANICOTINEFUELEDTEENAGEVIGILANTETHATWONTHEEISNER,HARVEY,ANDIGNATZAWARDSTeenoutcastAndyisanorphanednobodywithonlyonefriend,theobnoxious�butloyal�Louie.Theyroamschoolhallsandcitystreets,invisibletoeveryonebutbulliesandtormentors,untilthegloriousdaywhenAndytakeshisfirstpuffonacigarette.Thatnighthewakes,heartpounding,soakedinsweat,andfindshimselfsuddenlyovercomewiththepeculiarnotionthathecandoanything.Indeed,hecan,andashelearnstheextentofhisnewpowers,hediscoversaterribleandseductivegadget�ahideouscomplimenttohisseethingrage�thatforeverchangeseverything.TheDeathRayutilizestheclassicstaplesofthesuperherogenre�origin,costume,raygun,sidekick,fightscene�andreconfigurestheminastorythatisanythingbutmorallysimplistic.Withsubtlecomedy,deftmastery,andanobviousaffectionfortheboldpopartexuberanceofcomicbookdesign,DanielClowesdeliversacontemporarymeditationonthedarknessofthehumanpsyche.