Dave's Reviews > Ghost World

I remember the movie coming out based on this series years back and Siskel and Ebert giving it two thumbs up. But I found the GN here in the library in our collection so I checked it out and gave it a read last night.
First off, the sparse palette of color was immediately evident used by Clowes consisting of pastel green, black and white. That was it. His art style had a bit of Robert Crumb to it along with a Mike Judge Beavis and Butthead-look and feel.
I found it interesting that the perspective was from an 18 year old girl trying to find herself in goth, punk, and overall nerdiness if not what one could just call "your average 18 year old girl".
The 8 stories collected are all relatively short, but I found them all to be a bit more detailed, engaging, and deeper than I thought they would be. There is a bit of David Lynch type of stuff thrown in there in regards to the surreal nature of a cancerous growth along one of their friend's necks.
Reading this was out of my usual super-hero/fantasy comfort zone. It didn't knock my socks off, but I was glad I read it.