The Death Ray" is the story of teen outcast Andy an orphaned nobody with only one friend the obnoxious-but-loyal Louie. They roam school halls & city streets invisible to everyone but bullies & tormentors until the glorious day when Andy takes his first puff on a cigarette. That night he wakes heart pounding soaked in sweat & finds himself suddenly overcome with the peculiar notion that he can do anything. Indeed he can & as he learns the extent of his new powers he discovers a terrible & seductive gadget
- a hideous compliment to his seething rage
- that forever changes everything. " The Death-Ray" utilizes the classic staples of the superhero genre
- origin costume ray-gun sidekick fight scene
- reconfiguring them in a story that is anything but morally simplistic. With subtle comedy deft mastery & an obvious affection for the bold Pop Art exuberance of comic book design Daniel Clowes delivers a contemporary meditation on the darkness of the human psyche."