| Ghost World | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ghost_world.JPG) The latest cover art for Ghost World | |
| Creator | Daniel Clowes |
| Date | 1997 |
| Publisher | Fantagraphics Books |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | Eightball |
| Issues | 11–18 |
| Date of publication | Sep 7, 1993 – Apr 19, 1997 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 1-56097-280-7 (hardcover) 1-56097-427-3 (softcover) |
Ghost World is a graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. It was serialized in issues #11–18 (June 1993 – March 1997) of Clowes's comic book series Eightball,[1] and was published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books. It was a commercial and critical success and developed into a cult classic.
Ghost World follows the day-to-day lives of best friends Enid Coleslaw and Rebecca Doppelmeyer, two cynical, pseudo-intellectual, and intermittently witty teenage girls recently graduated from high school at the end of the 1990s.[2] They spend their days wandering aimlessly around their unnamed American town, criticizing popular culture and the people they encounter while wondering what they will do for the rest of their days.
A darkly written comic, with intermittently sombre explorations of friendship and modern life, Ghost World has become renowned for its frank treatment of adolescence. The comic's success led to a movie adaptation of the same name, released in 2001 to critical acclaim and numerous nominations, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, written by Clowes and Terry Zwigoff.
- ^ "Daniel Clowes: Lloyd Llewellyn and Eightball Contents". Core.ecu.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ Clowes (2001), Ghost World, Fantagrahics, p. 16. The story takes place in summer. 18-year-old Enid gives her birthday as December 23rd, 1979, making the year 1998.