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Ghost World

The Special Edition

By Dan Clowes, Terry Zwigoff (Contributor)

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| Hardcover | 9781560978909

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Book Description

One of the greatest graphic novels of all-time, in an expanded, hardcover edition—the full graphic novel, the complete script of the Oscar-nominated movie, and over 30 new pages of rare ephemera.

Originally released in 1997 as a limited hardcover edition of 2,500 copies that sold out almost instantly, Ghost World has subsequently gone through 14 softcover printings, selling in excess of 150,000 copies in the United States, becoming one of the best-selling and most revered graphic novels of all-time, culminating in the 2001 Academy Award-nominated film starring Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi.

Despite Ghost World's success, the original, limited-edition hardcover first printing remains the only hardcover edition of Ghost World ever published and fetches hundreds of dollars on eBay. To commemorate the tenth anniversary, Fantagraphics Books is proud to present a deluxe, expanded Ghost World special edition, combining the original graphic novel, the Oscar-nominated screenplay adaptation by Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, as well as over two dozen pages of rare and obscure bonus material in one book, along with a new cover and introducton.

Ghost World is the story of Becky and Enid, two teenaged girls and best friends facing the common prospect of not only growing up, but growing apart from each other. Clowes paints a tender picture of this intellectually precocious, sexually adventurous (despite a mutual lack of experience), and formative period in their lives, filtered through a light blue hue echoing a world lit by the cathode rays of a television—a perfect metaphor for their post-nuclear existence. Both naturalistic and nostalgic, Ghost World carves a layered narrative out of the daily existence of these fully-realized young women.

Ghost World: The Special Edition will include: the original, 80-page graphic novel; the out-of-print, Oscar-nominated 106-page screenplay; the little-seen comic strip created for the Ghost World soundtrack; and over 30 pages of rare ephemera related to the book and film, including covers to foreign editions of Ghost World, rare promotional art, pictures, sketches and much more.

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Ghost World was a cute graphic novel to read for the 24 hour read-a-thon. I watched the movie years ago & always wanted to read the novel but never seemed to get around to it, & right now seemed like the perfect time. If you have a bit of a dark/sarcastic humor you may want to pick it up. I am actua ... (continue)

Ghost World was a cute graphic novel to read for the 24 hour read-a-thon. I watched the movie years ago & always wanted to read the novel but never seemed to get around to it, & right now seemed like the perfect time. If you have a bit of a dark/sarcastic humor you may want to pick it up. I am actually going to look into getting the rest of Daniels Clowes Eightball series it was very different than the surreal sexual mysteries he use to write.

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Lilbichwitch said on Oct 23, 2007 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

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I have mixed feelings about this book. I thought it was interesting, but wished it went into more detail at the end. It seemed to end abruptly. I did find it amusing and could relate a bit to the story. Overall its a fun, quirky story about teens. I'd recommend checking it out.

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cjspock said on Jul 28, 2007 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

Graphic novel: entra nel mondo di due amiche adolescenti con le loro conversazioni (quasi) monosoggetto, le piccole fissazioni, irritazioni, divagazioni, reciproche delusioni, i taciuti tradimenti. Leggerlo in inglese è interessante, vengono fuori i ritmi del parlato (e anche qlche acronimo slang c ... (continue)

Graphic novel: entra nel mondo di due amiche adolescenti con le loro conversazioni (quasi) monosoggetto, le piccole fissazioni, irritazioni, divagazioni, reciproche delusioni, i taciuti tradimenti. Leggerlo in inglese è interessante, vengono fuori i ritmi del parlato (e anche qlche acronimo slang che mi resta da cercare!). Segno a tratti caricaturale, ma espressivo; mi piace il coloring verde-acqua delle vignette.

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Dollculture said on Feb 1, 2012 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

I love this man.

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Furbetty said on Jul 6, 2011 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

Frankly the dialogue and premise was similar to Optic Nerve so the whole teenage-rebellion-I-hate-you-and-everyone-on-this earth can get quite annoying.
There were some funny moments here and there, but seriously, Enid and Rebecca are two screwed up girls who can't live with or without each o ... (continue)

Frankly the dialogue and premise was similar to Optic Nerve so the whole teenage-rebellion-I-hate-you-and-everyone-on-this earth can get quite annoying.
There were some funny moments here and there, but seriously, Enid and Rebecca are two screwed up girls who can't live with or without each other.

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shazzpezzazz said on Mar 2, 2008 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

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English Books
Hardcover 232 Pages
Edition: Special
ISBN-10: 1560978902
ISBN-13: 9781560978909
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Pub date: Mar 31, 2008
Also available as: Paperback, Library Binding and Softcover
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