Ghost World [B0519]

2001 PB in excellent condition. Inspiration for the feature film and one of the most acclaimed graphic novels ever. Originally serialized in the pages of the seminal comic book Eightball throughout the mid-1990s, this is a quasi-autobiographical story about two best friends facing the prospect of growing up, and more importantly, apart. The story follows Enid and Rebecca, teenage friends facing the unwelcome prospect of adulthood, and the uncertain future of their complicated relationship. Clowes conjures a balanced semblance, both tender and objective, of their fragile existence, capturing the mundane thrills and hourly tragedies of a waning adolescence, as he follows a tenuous narrative thread through the fragmented lives of these two fully realized young women.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Super funny, makes the movie so much better."; "I wanted to hate it, but I couldn't. Enid and Becky are both frustrating and annoying, but encapsulate the melancholy of adolescence pretty well. It shocks me that it was written by a man because he gets the teenage girl experience a little too well. ."; "Ghost World is my all time favorite movie and I feel like this graphic novel is very enjoyable as a companion piece to the movie."