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"Twenty years in the making, Clyde Fans peels back the optimism of mid-twentieth century capitalism. Legendary Canadian cartoonist Seth lovingly shows the rituals, hopes, and delusions of a middle-class that has long ceased to exist in North America--garrulous men in wool suits extolling the virtues of the wares to taciturn shopkeepers with an eye on the door.
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Contemplative, nostalgic, prestige and intimate.
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Seth
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 488
- Publisher
- DELCOURT, Drawn & Quarterly Publications, Salamandra Graphic
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781770464865
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Seth was born Gregory Gallant on September 16, 1962, in Clinton, Ontario, Canada. His parents were John Henry Gallant and the English-born Violet Daisy Gallant (née Wilkinson); he was the youngest of their five children. His family moved frequently, and he grew up mostly in Tilbury, Ontario. He was inward, unathletic, and had few friends, and took to comic books and drawing at a young age. Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto from 1980 to 1983. He became involved with the punk subculture and began wearing outlandish clothing, bleaching his hair, wearing makeup, and frequenting nightclubs. He took on the pen name Seth in 1982. As of 2004, Seth lived in Guelph, Ontario, with his
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