Daniel Clowes' The Death-Ray won multiple awards but I don't understand why. Perhaps I put too much faith in The I.T. Crowd's set designers, seeing Jim Woodring and Maakies items appearing on desks and walls along with a poster of The Death-Ray reminding me I should read it every time I queue up another episode. Don't get me wrong, Clowes is a great artist and knows how to arrange a page, but story-wise the book is lacking. Borrow it from the library like I did. I know, I know . . . it's kind of "cheating" to list this one as one of the books read in 2012. But it's not a bad graphic novel with a bit of a story behind it. Answers the question, "What if you had superhero powers and, well, the world really didn't care?" This goes into the same territory as "Watchmen" -- another graphic novel that I greatly enjoyed.Worth picking up and chuckling along with. We humans think we are soooo special but when it comes to it, we really aren't. How's that for a taste of humble pie? ARGH!
What do You think about Le Rayon De La Mort (2010)?
For me a real return to Clowes super-genius form after the lackluster Wilson.
—joosiee
Darkly humorous, depressingly bleak and hilarious. Daniel Clowes at his best.
—Bubb
pretty cool story, good art. interesting super power origin
—Marie_Delanghe
