“The Rolls Royce of Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles” -Smithsonian Magazine, 1990
Dan Clowes is a graphic novelist, academy-award nominated screenwriter, and cover artist for the New Yorker. Dan was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1961. He attended the Pratt Institute in New York, graduating with a BFA degree in 1984. His first professional work appeared in Crack Magazine in 1985 and saw the debut of his first comic book series, which ran for seven issues. In 1989 he created a comic book series called Eightball, from which all his major comics appeared. Clowes moved to full color with his last two issues of Eightball that shifted in both visual and storytelling techniques. After Eightball, he created the graphic novel, Wilson, and a comic for the New York Times Magazine titled Mister Wonderful.
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Requires extra concentration |
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Requires extra concentration & patience |
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Requires extra concentration, patience & aspirin |
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Requires extra concentration, patience, aspirin & Valium |
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Hors d'oeuvres-taste Stave shenanigans. |
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Faint of heart? This may be your limit? |
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Be prepared to do battle. |
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If they made Pepto Bismol for the brain, this is when you would need it. |
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What part of 'impossible' don't you understand? |
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You’re feeling like a genius! |
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You start to strain your brain! |
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Frustration creeps in! |
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The real agony begins! |
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Hair pulling, expletives, and screaming ensue! Get the POINT?! |
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If you haven't gotten the POINT yet... ☠️ |
| Troublemakers | |
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Holy Smokes! You did it! |
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You feel feverish as your temperature begins to rise. |
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Requires you to loosen your collar and let out some steam. |
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Be prepared for an eruption, you might as well throw yourself into an inferno! |
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Good for your heart. |
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Gets your heart racing. |
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Your heart might skip a beat. |
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Time to monitor your heart rate. |