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Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Daniel Clowes. The book follows a rather fantastic and paranoid plot, very different from the stark realism of Clowes' later more widely known "Ghost World". It contains nightmarish imagery, including dismemberment, deformed people and animals, and sexual fetishism.
Clowes has talked about how the story was inspired by his dreams, as well as a recurring dream of his ex-wife's: 
The book
Velvet Glove (disambiguation)
Velvet Glove is a Canadian air-to-air missile system.
Velvet glove comes from the phrase "iron fist in a velvet glove," referring to a person who appears gentle but is determined and often inflexible underneath. It may also refer to:
- Sam Maceo (1894-1951), sometimes known as the "Velvet Glove", an organized crime boss in Galveston, Texas
- "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron", graphic novel by American cartoonist