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Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron

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Clay Loudermilk stumbles into a screening of a bizarre snuff film that wraps him up in a mystery surrounding a series of cult-inspired killings, dubbed “The Harum Scarum Murders.” The subsequent path Loudermilk’s life takes is both a terrifying journey into madness and jaw-dropping tour-de-force of visual imagination fraught with psychosexual and conspiratorial tension. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fantagraphics Books; 10th edition (August 29, 2017)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1683960157


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 57


Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 0.5 x 10.9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,118,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #478 in Fantagraphics Comics & Graphic Novels #1,528 in Literary Graphic Novels (Books) #2,609 in Mystery Graphic Novels


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    • to the sound of bloody theremins and yellowed newspapers...
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. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2000 by Philip Welsh
    • A stomach-churning nightmare
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. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019 by KevinM
    • Maybe the sickest thing I've ever read
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. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2013 by pp45678987
    • WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH?!
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.
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2013 by Rama Bass
    • Weird, creepy, cool.
This book is really weird, and kind of disturbing. I think that another read-through is warranted. Clowes hits another home run.
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2013 by R. Jacobi
    • Definitely recommend if you like psychedelic
Sooooo trippy. Definitely recommend if you like psychedelic, macabre writing.
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2016 by Chelsie
    • Five Stars
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Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2017 by hector roberto ferrat garcia
    • Life-Affirming
The first Daniel Clowes comic I ever read—it ran in the first ten issues of Eightball—which a friend of mine had, in the early Nineties—I should have bought them myself and kept them! The very first bit I remember is where the guy answers the door with the fish tails coming out of his eye sockets, due to some absurd scenario—it’s the image that’s important—and burns a traumatic hole in your mind. Because of moving, life changes, etc., I’m not sure if I finished the serial at that time, or sometime later—anyway, it was worth rereading. It’s a crazy, surreal story that keeps getting weirder as it goes along. The whole thing starts with a guy named Clay seeing his ex in a porn film—classic setup—and then his search for her, in which he encounters cults and secret societies, eccentrics, freaks, weirdos—even a dog with no orifices. It could give you nightmares. I think I would have been disappointed if it all added up—or was explained—but it just keeps getting more mysterious. More creepy characters than you’ll ever see in one place, including a hairy guy who never wears a shirt and is always sweating, and a guy with botched hair transplants whose head looks like a sprouting garden—just the dedication in drawing the details in those guys! Ultimately, Clay’s fate is several levels worse than death, but it’s still pretty funny, and even touching in a way. My favorite character ended up being the diner waitress, Tina, who looks like part fish, part potato—at first repulsive, she ends up being really quite endearing. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2023 by Randolph Russell

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