![]() The issues of Eightball beginning with #19 have been published in full color in a larger magazine-sized format. ![]() Issues #19–21 serialized the graphic novel David Boring, while issues #22 and 23 each consisted of a collection of short, fragmentary stories in diverse styles and formats that meshed into a unified narrative ("Ice Haven" and "The Death Ray"). Beginning with #19 each issue of Eightball has been devoted to a single storyline, as opposed to the more eclectic format of the earlier issues. Glove was followed by Ghost World (issues #11–18). The first extended story serialized in Eightball was Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, which ran in issues #1–10. Eightball has been among the best-selling series in alternative comics.Įarly issues of Eightball feature a mixture of very short, often crudely humorous comics ("Zubrick and Pogeybait", "The Sensual Santa"), topical rants and satires ("Art School Confidential", "On Sports"), longer, more reflective self-contained stories ("Caricature", "Immortal Invisible"), and serialized works. The first issue appeared soon after the end of Clowes's previous comic book, Lloyd Llewellyn. ![]() Eightball is an comic book by Daniel Clowes and published by Fantagraphics Books. ![]()
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