Ghost World

by Daniel Clowes

Paperback, 80 pages

English language

Published April 1, 2001 by Fantagraphics Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-56097-427-7
OCLC Number:: 121821374

(52 reviews)

One of the best-selling and critically-acclaimed graphic novels of all-time telling the story of two supremely ironic, above-it-all teenagers facing the thrilling uncertainty of life after high school. As they attempt to carry their life-long friendship into a new era, the careful dynamics of their inseparable bond are jolted, and what seemed like a future of endless possibilities looks more like an encroaching reality of strip malls, low-paying service jobs and fading memories.

7 editions

nicknicknicknick reviewed Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Ghost World

2 stars

1) "'C'mon! Let's go over to Angel's right now -- maybe he's there! We can wait for the satanists!'"

2) "'I've been going to a business school... I'm gonna be a big-ass corporate fuck! I'm gonna work for ten years, fuck things up from the inside as much as I can, and then retire when I'm thirty-five! That's the way to be subversive... Fuck this alternative pussy punk rock shit! You gotta get in the fuckin' game, man!'"

3) "'God, don't you just love it when you see two really ugly people in love like that?'"

4) "'Name one guy who lives up to your standards... you haven't said anything nice about a boy since you got over your Bruce Lee obsession.' 'I dunno... somebody like David Clowes...' 'Who's that?' 'He's like this famous cartoonist... John Ellis showed me some of his comics...' 'Yick! I hate cartoons!'"

5) "'Look, …

1) "'C'mon! Let's go over to Angel's right now -- maybe he's there! We can wait for the satanists!'"

3) "'God, don't you just love it when you see two really ugly people in love like that?'"

5) "'Look, I didn't say you couldn't come with me... I just feel weird about it... you can still come...' 'Oh yeah, you really want me to...' 'What? I do!' 'Well maybe I don't! I don't want to go anywhere or do anything... I just want it to be like it was in high school!'"

Kaslov reviewed Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Review of 'Ghost World' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Do you remember Daria (I wish I was watching that instead), well this is basically Sick Sad World the comic... but not really, lot of subtext under all of that early 90s stuff.

Steen Christiansen reviewed Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Review of 'Ghost World' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Teen angst flows from the book but slowly we begin to care for the characters and the end is devastating in spite of all the blasé Gen X posturing.

patchworkbunny reviewed Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Review of 'Ghost World' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Review to follow.

AnieThings reviewed Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Review of 'Ghost World' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Me ha dejado una sensacion de desazón despues de leerlo, un poco triste.

The Beach Reader reviewed Ghost world by Daniel Clowes

Review of 'Ghost world' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Enid is slightly more likeable here than she was in the film, and Rebecca slightly less. Steve Buscemi's character is completely absent. I think this is still a brilliant portrayal of two hateful teens; it makes you hate them with a burning passion yet still shows you how they might turn out to be decent people with time. In that way, it's a kind of antidote to "Heathers."