Marshall is divorced, middle-aged, and recently unemployed. Not exactly what one would call a good catch. His blind date, named Natalie, is late. Marshall waits. Nine minutes. Twenty minutes. Forty minutes. When Natalie finally arrives, Marshall is smitten. Now he mustn't mess anything up! Together, they experience depths that two people who have just met shouldn't go through. At least not if they are hoping for a second date. Through the eyes of the self-centered Marshall, Daniel Clowes offers a sometimes touching, sometimes wicked, but always hilarious look at human relationships in an increasingly joyless world.