Daniel Clowes is one of the most respected cartoonists of his generation, and Ghost World is his magnum opus. Originally serialized in the pages of the seminal comic book Eightball throughout the mid 1990s, this quasi autobiographical story the name of one of the protagonists is famously an anagram of the author’s name follows the adventures of two teenage girls, Enid and Becky, two best friends facing the prospect of growing up, and more importantly, apart. Ghost World has become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire readers over a decade after its original release as a graphic novel. As Clay Loudermilk attempts to unravel the mysteries behind a snuff film, he finds himself involved with an increasingly bizarre cast of characters, including a pair of sad*istic cops who carve a strange symbol into the heel of Clay’s foot a horn*y over the hill suburban woman whose sexual encounter with a mysterious water creature produced a grotesquely misshapen, but no less horn*y, mutant daughter a dog with no orifices whatsoever it has to be fed by injection two ominous victims of extremely bad hair implants a charismatic Manson like cult leader who plans to kidnap a famous advice columnist and many more! This edition has a brand new cover, new title and end pages plus: Clowes being the perfectionist that he is, there are tweaked and re drawn panels that really make this a transcendent piece of storytelling art! Black and white comics throughoutġ998 Ignatz Award Winner, Outstanding Graphic Novel: The inspiration for the feature film and one of the most acclaimed graphic novels ever. Like a Velvet Glove…Ĭollects all 10 chapters of the serialized story Eightball. From Eightball, this terrifying and fascinating journey into madness makes Twin Peaks look like Teletubbies.

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