Art School Confidential (comics)
"Art School Confidential" is a four-page
The comic is a
According to Clowes in a 2006 interview, "Art School Confidential" was
literally something where I had four pages left (in Eightball 7) and I had to turn the issue in. I said, "Well, I'll do something about art school that will amuse my 10 friends who went." I really thought nobody else would comment on it or even notice. As it turned out, every single one of my readers was either in art school or had some affiliation with it. They all responded overwhelmingly (and) were all certain I had gone to the same art school they had. The story took on a life of its own for a while.… People would Xerox it and put it up on the bulletin board at school. Somebody else would take it from there and Xerox it again. There were rumors that it had been Xeroxed so many times that nobody could discern the art style anymore. It became a kind of folk art.[1]
The "tampon-in-a-teacup trick" referred to in "Art School Confidential" appeared in the 2001 film version of Clowes's graphic novel Ghost World.
Quotes
- "If you must go to art school for God's sake make the most of it ... Seldom if ever again in life will you be afforded the chance to scrutinize such an array of losers in an environment that actually encourages their most pretentious inclinations!"
- "Remember, the only piece of paper less valuable than one of your paintings is a B.F.A. degree."
References
- ^ "Daniel Clowes Talks Confidential". Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2007-04-25.