Twentieth Century Eightball

Daniel Clowes’s Twentieth Century Eightball is a single-issue, self-contained comic from Fantagraphics that distills the acerbic, formally inventive spirit of his earlier Eightball series into a compact, standalone work. Written and drawn entirely by Clowes, this 2002 release serves as a coda to his celebrated run, offering a dense, visually striking meditation on the 20th century through his signature blend of deadpan humor and existential unease. Though brief, it matters as a concentrated example of Clowes’s mature storytelling, bridging his underground comix roots with a more polished, literary sensibility.