The author of "Ghost World" returns with a new graphic novel set in the suburban Midwest, with a story loosely based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb case.
Critic Reviews
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Outstanding
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Daily Telegraph Sam Leith
This is, I think, a very considerable piece of work indeed.
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Outstanding
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Entertainment Weekly Whitney Pastorek
[Clowes] has done his usual meticulous job of nailing character, tone, and inner monologue.
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Outstanding
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Publishers Weekly
Masterfully blending fact and fiction, this is a funny, sad, chilling and absurd work. [20 Jun 2005, p.60]
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Outstanding
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Washington Post Joey Anuff
Don't be surprised if Ice Haven becomes your favorite comic long before you've solved its many mysteries.
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Outstanding
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PopMatters Mike Lukich
Ice Haven is one of Clowes' best and perhaps his most accessible story to date.
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Favorable
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The Observer David Thompson
For those who still think of comics as a juvenile genre or modish diversion, Ice Haven should confound expectations and reveal a medium rich in possibilities.
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Favorable
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Village Voice R.C. Baker
Clowes's spare drawing complements deft storytelling.
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Favorable
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Flak James Norton
"Ice Haven"... [has] enough smart writing, memorable characters and irresistable hooks to be well worth the effort.
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Favorable
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Los Angeles Times Laurel Maury
With Clowes, you don't read about people's emotional states, you gather them, as in life. [26 Jun 2005, p.R9]
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Favorable
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Boston Globe Carlo Wolff
Image and word coexist in an unusually creative and disturbing way in this portrait of a place where deviance bubbles just below the placid surface.
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