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“Unassuming but accomplished.” –Booklist
“A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name.” –Downtown Association of Santa Cruz
“Entirely crafty…uber pretty.” –Sequential Tart
“Mister Wonderful is--okay, fine, I’ll say it—wonderful…this may be the most affirming and wistful work Clowes has ever done. Mister Wonderful is sly, genuine, and the mark of an artist who continues to innovate and thrive in the medium.” –Omnivoracious
“Outright spectacular.” –The Comics Journal
“Clowes' humor in Mister Wonderful is often biting, but here it's tempered by an unusual sweetness.” –NPR.org
“Wonderful…It’s a remarkable work. Clowes is a master cartoonist, and every panel features delightful linework, making the book a pleasure to look at as well as to read. What’s perhaps most remarkable, however, is the degree to which Clowes creates a character, allows the reader to inhabit that reader’s skull and hear and live with the character’s thoughts, and sustain it for so long.” –Newsarama
"Funny, poignant, and powerfully evocative…As a storyteller and artist Clowes is at his masterful best here. There may be a few living graphic novelists as talented as Clowes, but in my opinion no one tops him." –Boing Boing
“Something of a revelation… Mister Wonderful is surprisingly sweet.” –AV Club
“Wrings startling humor and intimacy from numerous two-page spreads that cleverly capitalize on the book’s panoramic format…this oddly affecting, even hopeful Mister Wonderful gently breaks new ground for Clowes.” –Critical Mob.com
“A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name.” –comiXology
“Painfully wry and sardonic, a surprisingly touching page-turner… Mister Wonderful includes many tour de force touches.” –Philadelphia Inquirer
“A pitch-perfect combination of poignant and painful…Clowes writes and illustrates with the kind of smart perceptions and depths of understanding that reward repeated readings.” –AgonyColumn.com
“The oddly affecting, even hopeful Mister Wonderful gently breaks new ground for Clowes, who tacitly dares his readers to believe in a future for two lonely, screwed-up souls.” –CriticalMob.com
“The art is in a typical Clowes style, minimalistic and very humanizing, and it functions as a beautiful conduit of advancing the story…Mister Wonderful is a great romantic tale that has as much to do with self-respect and self-esteem as it does romantic love, and the two ideas marry in a simply wonderful way.” –The Anniston Star
“Human empathy dramatized in varying shades of white, black, and gray—with plenty of sharp humor included.” –Boston Globe
“Clowes writes—and draws—novels with lovable characters that you root for…a lovely love story about real, ordinary, consistently surprising people.” –About Books by Claire Ernsberger
“The art is in a typical Clowes style, minimalistic and very humanizing, and it functions as a beautiful conduit of advancing the story and illustrating the way Marshall perceives and feels the world around him…a great romantic tale that has as much to do with self-respect and self-esteem as it does romantic love, and the two ideas marry in a simply wonderful way.” –annistonstar.com
“A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name.” –Downtown Association of Santa Cruz
“Entirely crafty…uber pretty.” –Sequential Tart
“Mister Wonderful is--okay, fine, I’ll say it—wonderful…this may be the most affirming and wistful work Clowes has ever done. Mister Wonderful is sly, genuine, and the mark of an artist who continues to innovate and thrive in the medium.” –Omnivoracious
“Outright spectacular.” –The Comics Journal
“Clowes' humor in Mister Wonderful is often biting, but here it's tempered by an unusual sweetness.” –NPR.org
“Wonderful…It’s a remarkable work. Clowes is a master cartoonist, and every panel features delightful linework, making the book a pleasure to look at as well as to read. What’s perhaps most remarkable, however, is the degree to which Clowes creates a character, allows the reader to inhabit that reader’s skull and hear and live with the character’s thoughts, and sustain it for so long.” –Newsarama
"Funny, poignant, and powerfully evocative…As a storyteller and artist Clowes is at his masterful best here. There may be a few living graphic novelists as talented as Clowes, but in my opinion no one tops him." –Boing Boing
“Something of a revelation… Mister Wonderful is surprisingly sweet.” –AV Club
“Wrings startling humor and intimacy from numerous two-page spreads that cleverly capitalize on the book’s panoramic format…this oddly affecting, even hopeful Mister Wonderful gently breaks new ground for Clowes.” –Critical Mob.com
“A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name.” –comiXology
“Painfully wry and sardonic, a surprisingly touching page-turner… Mister Wonderful includes many tour de force touches.” –Philadelphia Inquirer
“A pitch-perfect combination of poignant and painful…Clowes writes and illustrates with the kind of smart perceptions and depths of understanding that reward repeated readings.” –AgonyColumn.com
“The oddly affecting, even hopeful Mister Wonderful gently breaks new ground for Clowes, who tacitly dares his readers to believe in a future for two lonely, screwed-up souls.” –CriticalMob.com
“The art is in a typical Clowes style, minimalistic and very humanizing, and it functions as a beautiful conduit of advancing the story…Mister Wonderful is a great romantic tale that has as much to do with self-respect and self-esteem as it does romantic love, and the two ideas marry in a simply wonderful way.” –The Anniston Star
“Human empathy dramatized in varying shades of white, black, and gray—with plenty of sharp humor included.” –Boston Globe
“Clowes writes—and draws—novels with lovable characters that you root for…a lovely love story about real, ordinary, consistently surprising people.” –About Books by Claire Ernsberger
“The art is in a typical Clowes style, minimalistic and very humanizing, and it functions as a beautiful conduit of advancing the story and illustrating the way Marshall perceives and feels the world around him…a great romantic tale that has as much to do with self-respect and self-esteem as it does romantic love, and the two ideas marry in a simply wonderful way.” –annistonstar.com
Book Description
The fan-favorite Eisner Award-winning story, originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine, now collected and with forty pages of new material.
Meet Marshall. Sitting alone in the local coffee place. He’s been set up by his friend Tim on a blind date with someone named Natalie, and now he’s just feeling set up. She’s nine minutes late and counting. Who was he kidding anyway? Divorced, middle-aged, newly unemployed, with next to no prospects, Marshall isn’t exactly what you’d call a catch. Twenty minutes pass.
A half hour. Marshall orders a scotch. (He wasn’t going to drink!) Forty minutes.
Then, after nearly an hour, when he’s long since given up hope, Natalie appears—breathless, apologizing profusely that she went to the wrong place. She takes a seat, to Marshall’s utter amazement.
She’s too good to be true: attractive, young, intelligent, and she seems to be seriously engaged with what Marshall has to say. There has to be a catch.
And, of course, there is.
During the extremely long night that follows, Marshall and Natalie are emotionally tested in ways that two people who just met really should not be. Not, at least, if they want the prospect of a second date.
A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name.
Meet Marshall. Sitting alone in the local coffee place. He’s been set up by his friend Tim on a blind date with someone named Natalie, and now he’s just feeling set up. She’s nine minutes late and counting. Who was he kidding anyway? Divorced, middle-aged, newly unemployed, with next to no prospects, Marshall isn’t exactly what you’d call a catch. Twenty minutes pass.
A half hour. Marshall orders a scotch. (He wasn’t going to drink!) Forty minutes.
Then, after nearly an hour, when he’s long since given up hope, Natalie appears—breathless, apologizing profusely that she went to the wrong place. She takes a seat, to Marshall’s utter amazement.
She’s too good to be true: attractive, young, intelligent, and she seems to be seriously engaged with what Marshall has to say. There has to be a catch.
And, of course, there is.
During the extremely long night that follows, Marshall and Natalie are emotionally tested in ways that two people who just met really should not be. Not, at least, if they want the prospect of a second date.
A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name.
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excellente !,
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This review is from: Mister Wonderful: A Love Story (Hardcover)
Bonne condition, bon timing. Je suis satisfaite du produit, et de la livraison.Je commanderais de cette personne dans le futur.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (19 customer reviews) 11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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A perfect piece of work,
By Carson D. Mell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mister Wonderful: A Love Story (Hardcover)
I read this as it came out piece by piece on the New Yorker's website a few years ago and had a great time reading it then. Reading it all together (with the added material) is even better. It's a tight little romantic drama, and Marshall is a hilarious character. I can't imagine any comics fan, or even new curious readers, being disappointed with this.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mr Average,
By Sam Quixote - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mister Wonderful: A Love Story (Hardcover)
Mister Wonderful is the story of Marshall, a damaged divorcee meeting another damaged divorcee in a coffee shop on a blind date. The book covers their evening, taking in their awkward first encounter, and their brief misadventures from there. It's nothing too dramatic but I don't want to give away the whole story here as it's quite a short book.If you've read Daniel Clowes before you'll be familiar with the characters - neurotic, nervous, awkward people struggling with basic things like polite conversation and self-expression. Marshall and his date are the same, Clowes-type characters you've seen before in his other books like Ghost World, Caricature, and Ice Haven. While the book is a decent read, it's very much like Clowes' previous work and doesn't really do anything different from them. It's not as funny as last year's "Wilson" but is interesting enough to make it worth checking out for the average comics fan. Comparatively though, Clowes has done better and the book is about as close to a uniform Dan Clowes book as you could get. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Sense of Wonderful,
By Loyd A. Boldman "Forensic Mediaholic" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mister Wonderful: A Love Story (Hardcover)
With Mr. Wonderful: A Love Story, Daniel Clowes covers much of the same dour territory as his books Ice Haven, Wilson and The Death Ray, with one notable exception: a happy ending. Well, let's say it's as close to a happy ending as Clowes ever ventures.Marshall and Natalie, a couple approaching middle age, meet on a blind date and stumble through an awkward, embarrassing, stressful evening together. Secrets are revealed, past relationships snap at their heels, strained affections are formed, and despite the shrapnel of forced companionship flying through the story, the couple manages to find common ground, and--dare I say it?--a chance at love. Clowes' typically exquisite art and book production, his unique sensibility and approach to story are as strong as ever. He has an uncanny, expert use of the comic medium as a vehicle for disarming personal stories. His characters are still self-centered as always. Marshall's internal monologue word balloons often overlay and hide Natalie's words like discount stickers in a clearance sale, cleverly illustrating how Marshall seldom pays full attention to what his date--or anyone else--is saying. The effect reveals his desperation and self-doubt, unlike previous Clowes "heroes" who seem oblivious to their sins. I came away from Mr. Wonderfull feeling positive and sympathetic, unlike Clowes' last novella, Wilson, which left a scummy ring around the tub. Even if I'm fooling myself, I'm sticking to it. |
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