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== Creation and concept == |
== Creation and concept == |
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Igor Goldkind was originally hired to launch ''[[Crisis (Fleetway)|Crisis]]'' and later worked in [[Public relations|PR]] for ''2000 AD'' before eventually contributing one-off stories to both ''Crisis'' and ''[[Tharg's Future Shocks]]''. He developed ''The Clown'' as a series for ''2000 AD'' and intended it to be a fond parody of [[Neil Gaiman]]’s divisive literary writing style, describing it as “''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' on laughing gas”.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2006/goldkind/igor-goldkind.shtml|title=Igor Goldkind interview|last=Mackay|first=James|date=7 June 2005|website=2000 AD Review |
Igor Goldkind was originally hired to launch ''[[Crisis (Fleetway)|Crisis]]'' and later worked in [[Public relations|PR]] for ''2000 AD'' before eventually contributing one-off stories to both ''Crisis'' and ''[[Tharg's Future Shocks]]''. He developed ''The Clown'' as a series for ''2000 AD'' and intended it to be a fond parody of [[Neil Gaiman]]’s divisive literary writing style, describing it as “''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' on laughing gas”.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2006/goldkind/igor-goldkind.shtml|title=Igor Goldkind interview|last=Mackay|first=James|date=7 June 2005|website=2000 AD Review|access-date=3 April 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405072212/http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2006/goldkind/igor-goldkind.shtml|archivedate=5 April 2011}}</ref> |
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Goldkind portrays the Clown as an “existential [[Mr. Magoo]] [...] more fixated on his ideas about reality than reality itself” and credits ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' as an inspiration for the series’s satirical, solipsistic "metaphysical slapstick".<ref name=":0" /> |
Goldkind portrays the Clown as an “existential [[Mr. Magoo]] [...] more fixated on his ideas about reality than reality itself” and credits ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' as an inspiration for the series’s satirical, solipsistic "metaphysical slapstick".<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Publication |
== Publication history == |
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* "The Clown Book 1" (in ''2000 AD'' #774-779, 1992) |
* "The Clown Book 1" (in ''2000 AD'' #774-779, 1992) |
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* "The Clown Book 2: Prologue" (in ''2000 AD'' #841, 1993) |
* "The Clown Book 2: Prologue" (in ''2000 AD'' #841, 1993) |
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== External links == |
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*''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEBErNQhiE The 2000 AD A.B.C. #26: The Clown]'' at [[YouTube]] |
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| The Clown | |
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| Publisher | originally IPC Media (Fleetway) to 1999, thereafter Rebellion Developments |
| First appearance | 2000 AD #774 (1992) |
| Created by | Igor Goldkind Robert Bliss |
The Clown is a series published in the British comic anthology 2000 AD between 1992 and 1994. It was created by Igor Goldkind and Robert Bliss. The story is about a clown who goes on a violent rampage to avenge the decapitation of his pony Toby.
Creation and concept
[edit]Igor Goldkind was originally hired to launch Crisis and later worked in PR for 2000 AD before eventually contributing one-off stories to both Crisis and Tharg's Future Shocks. He developed The Clown as a series for 2000 AD and intended it to be a fond parody of Neil Gaiman’s divisive literary writing style, describing it as “The Sandman on laughing gas”.[1]
Goldkind portrays the Clown as an “existential Mr. Magoo [...] more fixated on his ideas about reality than reality itself” and credits The Sorrows of Young Werther as an inspiration for the series’s satirical, solipsistic "metaphysical slapstick".[1]
Publication history
[edit]- "The Clown Book 1" (in 2000 AD #774-779, 1992)
- "The Clown Book 2: Prologue" (in 2000 AD #841, 1993)
- "Vale of Tears" (with Greg Staples, in 2000 AD Yearbook 1994, 1993)
- "The Clown Book 2" (with Robert Bliss/Greg Staples/Nick Percival, in 2000 AD #881-888, 1994)
The first book was reprinted in Classic 2000 AD #10-11, 1996
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mackay, James (7 June 2005). "Igor Goldkind interview". 2000 AD Review. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2016.