Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age

A single-issue collection from Penguin, Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age gathers a selection of Daniel Clowes’s most uncomfortably perceptive short works, originally published from 2007 onward. The book distills the writer-artist’s signature blend of deadpan humor and social unease, focusing on the awkward, often excruciating terrain of adolescence and early adulthood. As a compact showcase of Clowes’s mastery, it offers a concentrated dose of the off-kilter humanity that defines his career.