Pussey! is a comics serial and graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized across nine non-consecutive issues of Clowes's alternative comic book Eightball,[1] and was later collected by Fantagraphics Books.

Pussey!
Cover of the hardcover collection
Date1995
PublisherFantagraphics Books
Creative team
CreatorDaniel Clowes
Original publication
Published inEightball
Issues1, 3–5, 8–10, 12, 14
Date of publicationOctober 1989 – October 1994
ISBN1-56097-186-X (hardcover)
1-56097-183-5 (softcover)
Chronology
Followed byLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron

Pussey! tells the satirical story of a comic book artist named Dan Pussey, following him from his childhood years, through his successful career and into aged obscurity. Along the way he lampoons the comics industry as a whole, including direct satires of several creators, such art Art Spiegelman stand-in character Gummo Bubbleman.[2]

Dave Gilson, writing for Mother Jones, called Pussey! a "knowing send-up of comic nerddom",[3] and Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter said that "works like Pussey...remind that he may also be its best living practitioner of filthy, blunt satire".[4]

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  1. ^ Parille, Ken (1995). "List of Eightball contents". East Carolina University. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Fantagraphics Books: Pussey!". 1995. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  3. ^ Gilson, Dave (May 13, 2010). "Clowes Encounter: An Interview With Daniel Clowes". Mother Jones. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Spurgeon, Tom (January 10, 2011). "CR Holiday Interview #19—Daniel Clowes". The Comics Reporter. Retrieved December 22, 2023.