Ghost World

Experience the cultural and generational touchstone that continues to enthrall and inspire readers over a decade after its original release as a graphic novel.

‘Ghost World’ is the story of 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.

Originally serialized in the pages of the seminal comic book ‘Eightball’ throughout the mid-1990s, this is a quasi-autobiographical story (the name of one of the protagonists is famously an anagram of the author’s name) about two best friends facing the prospect of growing up, & more importantly, apart.

Daniel Clowes (1961–) is one of the most respected cartoonists of his generation, and ‘Ghost World’ (1998) is his magnum opus. It has also been adapted into a major motion picture directed by Terry Zwigoff (director of the acclaimed documentary Crumb), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.