http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ghostworld Posts tagged with 'ghostworld' at MetaFilter. Sat, 26 Jul 2003 03:35:25 -0800 Sat, 26 Jul 2003 03:35:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/27251/David%2DHadju%2Ddiscusses%2DJoe%2DSaccos%2Dand%2DPalestine%2Dand%2DSafe%2DArea%2DGorzade%2Dand%2DDaniel%2DClowes%2DGhost%2DWorld <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16515" title="In comics, a group of artist-writers... has been poking around the same territory, making prosaic autobiographical books about hanging out with friends, developing crushes (generally unrequited), doing temp jobs, or ''whatever.'' The Internet has displayed a related phenomenon, the open diaries called ''blogs'' (from ''web logs''), which put their writers' daily lives up for public display in numbing detail. - Sorry, I just couldn't resist: 'numbing detail' *snort*">Comics for Grown-Ups</a><br>David Hadju discusses <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/sacco/sacco_bio.html" title="Joe Sacco is a Maltese citizen currently residing in Queens, NY where he makes his living as a cartoonist and journalist.">Joe Sacco's</a> <em><a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/sacco/more_pal_gal/p1.html">Palestine</a></em> and <em><a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/sacco/gorazde_gal/gor1.html">Safe Area Gorazde</a></em> and <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/clowes/clowes.html" title="Other favorites include ''Art School Confidential,'' one of Clowes' most popular strips of all-time: it was recently optioned as a major motion picture by Drew Barrymore, with a screenplay by Ghost World's Clowes and Terry Zwigoff. ">Daniel Clowes'</a> <em><a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/clowes/ghostgal/ghost1.html" title="Enid loves a TV comedian who has adopted a forced ''weirdo'' persona because she considers him authentically phony. Her favorite restaurant is one of a chain of paltry recreations of 1950s joints, which she calls ''the Mona Lisa of the bad fake diners'' because it is so pitifully unconvincing.">Ghost World</a></em>. I wanted to link the Ghost World movie site but it's currently down. Whether this is permanently or not, I know not. I'll be sad if it's gone--it was so darn cool and so elegantly done. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27251 Sat, 26 Jul 2003 03:35:25 -0800 comics danielclowes davidclowes davidhadju ghostworld graphicnovels joesacco palestine safeareagorazde y2karl http://www.metafilter.com/8574/ <a href="http://www.mgm.com/ghostworld/ie/">Ghost World is made into a movie.</a> The comic on which it is based is by <a href="http://www.indymagazine.com/interviews/dclowes.shtml">Daniel Clowes</a>, an "alternative" comics author of some fame. I think I'm just a bit shocked that, of all comics, a movie would be made about ... well, anything by Daniel Clowes. Starring Steve Buscemi and <a href="http://www.thora.org/">Thora Birch</a> from American Beauty. (Thanks to <a href="http://www.urb.com/">URB</a> magazine (print) for the tip and <a href="http://www.memepool.com/">Memepool</a> for the Clowes interview pointer.) tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.8574 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 09:51:01 -0800 comics film ghostworld indie movies stevebuscemi thorabirch moz