Spoilers Book Club: Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Ghost World has become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire readers many years after its original release as a graphic novel. 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 best friends, Enid and Becky, facing the prospect of growing up and apart. Daniel Clowes is one of the most respected cartoonists of his generation, and Ghost World is his magnum opus. Ghost World was adapted into a major motion picture directed by Terry Zwigoff (director of the acclaimed documentary Crumb) nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.