# Pussey!

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***Pussey!*** is a [comics](/source/Comics) serial and [graphic novel](/source/Graphic_novel) by [Daniel Clowes](/source/Daniel_Clowes). It was originally serialized across nine non-consecutive issues of Clowes's alternative [comic book](/source/Comic_book) *[Eightball](/source/Eightball_(comics))*,[1] and was later collected by [Fantagraphics Books](/source/Fantagraphics_Books) with an introduction by [Crispin Glover](/source/Crispin_Glover).

*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](/source/Art_Spiegelman) stand-in character Gummo Bubbleman.[2]

Dave Gilson, writing for *[Mother Jones](/source/Mother_Jones_(magazine))*, called *Pussey!* a "knowing send-up of comic [nerddom](/source/Nerd)",[3] and [Tom Spurgeon](/source/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]

## Cultural references

- In the final episode of *[The IT Crowd](/source/The_IT_Crowd)* ("The Internet Is Coming" Special, broadcast in September 2013), [Jen Barber](/source/List_of_The_IT_Crowd_characters#Jen_Barber) is seen reading the [Fantagraphics Books](/source/Fantagraphics_Books) book of the series.

## References

1. Parille, Ken (1995). ["List of Eightball contents"](https://core.ecu.edu/parillek/dctitles.htm). [East Carolina University](/source/East_Carolina_University). Retrieved December 22, 2023.

1. ["Fantagraphics Books: Pussey!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120609192616/http://www.fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/pussey-4.html). 1995. Archived from [the original](http://www.fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/pussey-4.html) on June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.

1. Gilson, Dave (May 13, 2010). ["Clowes Encounter: An Interview With Daniel Clowes"](https://www.motherjones.com/media/2010/05/dan-clowes-comics-cartoons-interview). *[Mother Jones](/source/Mother_Jones_(magazine))*. Retrieved December 22, 2023.

1. Spurgeon, Tom (January 10, 2011). ["CR Holiday Interview #19—Daniel Clowes"](https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/30645). *The Comics Reporter*. Retrieved December 22, 2023.

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