Ghost World

Daniel Clowes’s Ghost World is a definitive work of 1990s alternative comics, originally serialized in his own Eightball series and collected by Fantagraphics. The story follows two sharp, cynical teenage girls, Enid and Rebecca, as they navigate the aimless summer after high school graduation, skewering pop culture and suburban ennui with Clowes’s signature wit and precise, deadpan art. Though its initial run was brief, the series remains a landmark for its unflinching, nuanced portrayal of adolescent friendship and the transition into adulthood, capturing a specific cultural moment with enduring resonance.