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Ghost World to me is so fin de siècle 20st century; time frame on a freeze. Book or comic, both outstanding, but I never come to read or watch them again for more than mere referential needs. It's not that I dislike them now, but they just can't bring back that feeling I had when I read or watched them for the first time.
1. Unlike other Clowes action… Every three years or so I come to read David Boring again and every time it takes me to places emotionally I'd forgotten about. Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron is a masterpiece: visually and storylinewise.
2. Unlike other Zwigoff action… The documentary on Crumb is beautiful, as are the man himself and his women. Knocking me off with those American thighs.
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The true test, after all, is to be like everyone else. Once that happens, he no longer has to question his singularity. He is free—not only of others, but of himself.
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