Serialized 1993-1997; compilation 1998
rating: good
plot: Two angsty teenagers sound off about their friends, their town and their lives in general.
Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch in the 2001 movie. I’m not one for graphic novels. Although I love the stories, I’ve never been able to get into the erratic picture/text lay out of the books. The Uncanny X-Men doesn’t work for me, although those are my favorite superheroes. Neither does Sandman, although Neil Gaiman is my favorite author. But my mom gave me Ghost World and I wanted to try it because it’s about two angsty teenage girls and the layout is clear and boxy.
The comic is a low-key look into the lives Enid and Becky, who overanalyze every situation and make their best efforts to seem as cutting edge as possible. Take, for instance, the couple they see every day in the local diner, who the girls are convinced are Satan worshipers simply because they look so mundane. Or when Enid dyes her hair green and insists it’s not because of the resurgence of the punk craze; it’s because she just felt like doing it. Needless to say, I love Enid and Becky because they are just like me.
I would recommend this to anyone who was interested in a quick read about two people who can’t get out of their own heads. (Although the protagonists are two girls, the plots are not distinctly feminine.)
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