About this title: This graphic novel follows the "adventures" of a young man as he searches (however vaguely) for the woman of his dreams--in this case represented by a photo scrap from a magazine.
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Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pantheon, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375714528ISBN:0375714529
Description: Fine. 0375714529. Obsessed with the drawing of a woman that he has clipped from a magazine, nineteen-year-old David Boring finds his life beginning to unravel when he comes face to face with the object of his fascination.; 136 pages. read more
Description: NEW. Softcover: Graphic Novel. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780375714528. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375714528ISBN:0375714529
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780224063234ISBN:0224063235
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 124 pages. (124 pages) david boring is a 19-year-old security guard with a tortured inner life and an obsessive nature. when he meets the girl of his dreams, things begin to go awry: what seems too good to be true apparently is, and what seems truest in boring's life is that the primal nature of mankind will come inexorably to the fore. illustrations (Paperback) read more
Edition: First Edition. First Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375406928ISBN:0375406921
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9 3/4"-12" tall. 116 pages. Tight. clean and crisp, with only a hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise the book appears unread and looks New. No remainder mark. Protected in Mylar. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375406928ISBN:0375406921
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. 4to. First edition. Review slip laid in. Book and jacket are in fine condition; from the creator of Eightball and author of Ghost World. 116 pp. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375406928ISBN:0375406921
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 0375406921 First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. DJ protected with UV resistant, archival safe mylar wrapped DJ. Fine, unread copy in in pristine DJ. This is a spectacular, as-new copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Date Published: 07/11/2002
ISBN-13:9780224063234ISBN:0224063235
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PANTHEON
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375714528ISBN:0375714529
Description: New. Meet David Boring: a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured innner life and an obsessive nature. When he meets the girl of his dreams, things begin to go awry: what seems too good to be true apparently is. And what seems truest in Boring's... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780224063234ISBN:0224063235
Description: New. David Boring is a 19-year-old security guard with a tortured inner life and an obsessive nature. When he meets the girl of his dreams, things begin to go awry: what seems too good to be true apparently is, and what seems truest in Boring's life is tha... read more
"It is tough for me to review something like this because I think I want to make a graphic novel myself. Clowes just makes it seem impossible. I mean, "David Boring" is not "Sometimes a Great Notion" and it is not a painting by Vermeer, but dang, a middle has been met. I am currently wowed by Clowes' intuitive sense of Notan light and dark as well as his narrative tightness. It seems to me that graphic novel creation would be an arena of efficiency even though the finished product is probably the least efficient form of story telling. Did the story have to be all mapped out before the drawing started? Would it be boring to draw ones own illustrations? Does Clowes discover narrative contributions while he draws? Whatever, I think this is a fantastic model of what the medium can do."
"I had a lot of fun reading this. The insertion of color panels from David's father's comics elevated the book from entertaining and odd to something literary and worth poring over. I like how it uses some murder-mystery tactics but really doesn't hew to that at all."
"Kind of regret buying this because it's such a fast read (~2 hours tops) and it's not so detailed or brilliant that I'll keep coming back to it (a la Chris Ware).
That said it's a great example of the graphic novel flexing its muscles and demonstrating that it's the most compelling medium out there right now.
The first few panels made me laugh, I like the character of David Boring. Kind of interesting to see someone deliberately create a Keanu Reeves-type personality for the protagonist."
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