Pussey!

Cover of the hardcover collection

Date| 1995
Publisher| Fantagraphics Books
Creative team
Creator| Daniel Clowes
Original publication
Published in| Eightball
Issues| 1, 3–5, 8–10, 12, 14
Date of publication| October 1989 – October 1994
ISBN| 1-56097-186-X (hardcover)
1-56097-183-5 (softcover)
Chronology
Followed by| Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron

Pussey! is a comics serial and graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized across nine non-consecutive issues of Clowes's alternative comic book Eightball,[1] and was later collected by Fantagraphics Books.

Pussey! tells the satirical story of a comic book artist named Dan Pussey, following him from his childhood years, through his successful career and into aged obscurity. Along the way he lampoons the comics industry as a whole, including direct satires of several creators, such art Art Spiegelman stand-in character Gummo Bubbleman.[2]

Dave Gilson, writing for Mother Jones, called Pussey! a "knowing send-up of comic nerddom",[3] and Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter said that "works like Pussey...remind that he may also be its best living practitioner of filthy, blunt satire".[4]

## Cultural references

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* In the final episode of The IT Crowd ("The Internet Is Coming" Special, broadcast in September 2013), Jen Barber is seen reading the Fantagraphics Books book of the series.

## References

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1. ^ Parille, Ken (1995). "List of Eightball contents". East Carolina University. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
2. ^ "Fantagraphics Books: Pussey!". 1995. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
3. ^ Gilson, Dave (May 13, 2010). "Clowes Encounter: An Interview With Daniel Clowes". Mother Jones. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
4. ^ Spurgeon, Tom (January 10, 2011). "CR Holiday Interview #19—Daniel Clowes". The Comics Reporter. Retrieved December 22, 2023.

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Daniel Clowes

Comics series|

* Lloyd Llewellyn
* Eightball

Graphic novels|

* Pussey!
* Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
* Ghost World
* David Boring
* Ice Haven
* Wilson
* Mister Wonderful
* The Death-Ray
* Patience
* Monica

Collections|

* Caricature
* Twentieth Century Eightball

Films|

* Ghost World
* Art School Confidential
* Wilson

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