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A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 267
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today we take a look at a notable scene from Daniel Clowes’ Ghost World…
In this scene, Enid and Rebecca go to a 50s diner for the sole purpose of mocking the diner for its lameness. Enid and Rebecca are not always very nice people.
While there, they look through the personal scenes and we get one of the most memorable scenes from Ghost World…
There’s something extremely satisfying about seeing these paragons of ironic detachment have a personal reaction to their actions.
13 Comments
Richard J. Marcej
September 25, 2009 at 5:43 am
For e the moment is the 5th panel on the 5th page. That shot of Rebecca trying to back at the guy (by not looking at him) and the camera is right behind his head, sums up how pathetic and hurtful their actions were.
Great choice today Brian, time to reread “Ghost World” again!
dr matt
September 25, 2009 at 6:15 am
Yeah, that panel is great, and even in this short extract there are lots of other moments – particularly the last one – sweeping the petals from the flower into the coffee cup.. You can see why it got adapted, it’s practically storyboarded already.
stealthwise
September 25, 2009 at 6:24 am
Another nice little touch is Enid talking about the creepy guy with the tattoo, when she’s really only repeating something she saw on a tv show. Kind of fitting, given the girls’ interest in popular and niche cultures without having much experience in their own lives.
Joe Rice
September 25, 2009 at 6:25 am
Damn that man can tell a story.
chad
September 25, 2009 at 6:36 am
was wondering if ghost world would make the list and loved how the gang wound up so guilty for their mean actions they left a nice tip to the waitress .
wwk5d
September 25, 2009 at 7:59 am
Damn, what a pair of bitches.
Still, it is nicely put together. How close is the movie version to the comic?
Michael P.
September 25, 2009 at 8:25 am
And this is why hipsters should be shot on sight.
DanCJ
September 25, 2009 at 8:33 am
It starts of very similar, but the plot of the movie goes off in a bit of a different direction. It’s still very faithful in tone and I think it’s actually slightly better than the comic.
Stefan Wenger
September 25, 2009 at 11:05 am
The movie’s got a very different storyline as I remember it, or at least a lot of plot points are different; but in tone, it’s right on.
Jimbo
September 25, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Great touch having Becky playing with her sleeves like that.
dr matt
September 26, 2009 at 1:43 am
Good spot Jimbo – that’s one of the things I love about this feature – even in comics I’ve read, other people will point out something I’ve never seen before.
P. Boz
September 26, 2009 at 11:31 am
Gripping stuff. Also, disturbingly familiar.
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