About this title: A graphic novel that depicts harsh (though often comic) realities in the lives of two disaffected teenage girls. GHOST WORLD was the basis for the critically acclaimed movie of the same title.
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Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback; Paperback
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books; Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, WA U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781560972990ISBN:1560972998
Description: Very Good. 1560972998. Stated First Paperback. Unread with minor surface scratches, light edge wear and general light to moderate shelf wear. read more
Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Near Fine. 2001 Later Softcover Edition. NF. Softcover, 80 pp, illustrations in blue, black and white, light edgewear, else a clean and crisp copy. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780224060882ISBN:0224060880
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 80 pages. (80 pages) a graphic novel, which tells of the adventures of enid coleslaw and beck doppelmeyer, two bored, supremely ironic teenage girls. they pass the time complaining about the guys they know and fantasising about strange men they see in the local diner. colour illustrations edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: UNITED ARTISTS., NY
Date Published: 2001
Description: Special Academy Awards consideration SCRIPT. Fine in purple covers, with title cut-out, bound-in gold brads. Fewer than 500 copies are produced of these scripts for those voting in the various industry categories. This quirky film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Date Published: 1998-06
ISBN-13:9781560972990ISBN:1560972998
Description: New. NO remainder markings. No highlighting-no underlining w/clean clear text. Tight binding. Your purchase will help support a community school of the arts for underprivileged children. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780224060882ISBN:0224060880
Description: New. A graphic novel, which tells of the adventures of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer, two bored, supremely ironic teenage girls. They pass the time complaining about the guys they know and fantasising about strange men they see in the local diner. read more
Description: Like New. SHIPS FROM GERMANY. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING! Allow 10-14 business days for delivery. Please always check the language in the product description section. Few left in stock-order soon. Selling online since 1995. Code: L20091214055543I. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using DHL or Royal Mail international mail WITH TRACKING NUMBER. D elivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Date Published: 1997-12
ISBN-13:9781560972808ISBN:1560972807
Description: Good. Stated first edition. Blue cloth hardcover with *No dust jacket. * Clean and unmarked. Very small bit of faint moisture to edge of last 3 pp near bottom. Cover in nice shape. A small dent to bottom front. read more
Description: Fine. In very good condition with cover, spine and pages clean and intact. Neatly stored. International orders via air mail except large books. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781560972808ISBN:1560972807
Description: Very Good jacket. Edges and corners lightly worn, two small closed tears. A few smudges on the top rear edge, light rubbing to the dust jacket. Jacket protected in archival mylar. Text is clean. read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781560972808ISBN:1560972807
Description: Fine in very good jacket. Stated First Edition. Blue cloth boards. Jacket bright showing some rubbing to eges and small nicks and bumps to spine ends. Jacket in new Brodart protector. read more
"Lucu! Menceritakan kehidupan dua orang remaja putri yang bersahabat. Enid & Becky. Setelah lulus dari SMA, kegiatan mereka 'hanyalah' nonton TV, makan di luar, ngobrolin cowok, mengomentari teman-teman mereka dan orang-orang yang mereka anggap aneh di sekitar mereka. Keputusan Enid untuk menuruti ayahnya agar mengikuti tes masuk kuliah membuat mereka khawatir akan kelangsungan persahabatan mereka. Jika Enid diterima, Enid akan pergi jauh dari kota tempat mereka selama ini tinggal. Persahabatan mereka memang memudar tetapi bukan karena Enid pergi; Enid tidak lolos tes masuk kuliah. Masa remaja berakhir sudah. Berganti menjadi masa dewasa yang sepi dan sedih."
"To say I was underwhelmed by Ghost World, at first, would be an understatment. No. No. I didn't even want to keep reading. I read the first 5 pages and was bored. But I finally picked it back up a month later, with renewed vigor, and actually enjoyed it quite a bit. Maybe it's because I see myself in the characters. I think I'm better than everyone. To the point of being mean and entitled. But there is always the sad truth of growing up. It isn't easy. Other people sometimes have it better. We grow in and out of friendships, and repeat the cycle. We fall in love, but don't know how to say it, etc. Clowes is very good at dealing with the angst and anger of these young characters, and I think that's why I connected with it."
"Rereading this for at least the second time is like revisiting an old friend. It's not that it necessarily gets better with age. Instead, it simply reminds one of how Clowes was able to take a very simple story - two friends that are forced to grow up a little over the summer after high school and before life really begins - and create his own quirky and signature magic.
Enid is still the wise-cracking quasi-goth/hipster wannabee, and Becky is still frozen in time as her plain Jane girl-next-door best friend. Floating in and out of their lives are the rumored Satanists (who stock up on Lunchables at the grocery store), geeky Melorra, their milquetoast friend and pseudo-crush Josh, among the other oddballs that meander into their lives.
Although the Ghost World movie was a brilliant riff on Clowes' graphic novel - so many of the finer details make their way into the film -- the original still holds up after more than a decade in print. Irreverent, snarky, and jaded, it is still the defining work of one of America's premiere slice-of-life comic book artists. Clowes can cut it like no other."
"I read it long before this book was listed by my modern literature teacher. Some people might said this is just a normal coming-of-age story, I'd say 'yeah, part of it' because most coming-of-age stories fail to do is to haunting you for long time. Ghost World really could do that. I don't know why it could, but I guess it is because of the cynicism in it and the striking ending of Enid's decision to throw it all. I think there are two kinds of reaction from the readers: either they love it or hate it. Why they love it I think it's the same reason I've describe previously. As for why they hate it, I think it is because it gives them sort of a too good and too bad reaction mixed with the oh-so-true that make them feeling hard to decision whether they should embrass or deny it."
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