Dr Steve GaunsonTextual CrossingsRMIT University

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Comics to moving picturesShots, dialogue, and no narrator who has to be removed for

film interpretation

Celebration Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff co-wrote the screenplay How do we know what sort of adaptation this is?

Edgy, raw, rough About loners and isolation These themes are nicely suited to the myth of the comic book reader Enid is a comic drawer

There are several references to other comic strips written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. coffee shop patron in the wheelchair is from Clowes' strip "Feldman"

and the "tampon in a teacup" gag is from a strip called "Art School Confidential".

Both strips appeared in a comic book called "Eightball" which also contained "Ghost World".

Adjustment to form X-Men, Dick Tracey and

Sin City were dismissed as literal-minded and "insulting" to the (comic) art form.

Ghost World goes for a real world aesthetic — which was criticised for not being saturated in a blue tinge.

Black and white with hint of pale blue

PastichePerformances are not pushed too far like many

comic book adaptations. Its characters are real peopleCharacters look ordinaryThora Birch gained 20 pounds for the role of

EnidCare about Seymour and Enid

ParodyLaughing with the comic – not at the comic

Terry Zwigoff unintentionally cast the actor who played the high school principal as a customer in the porn shop.

Great moments of slapstick humour

Witty one-liners

RevisionGhost world = ghost townDiscontent Nothing to do — no culture, no valueStronger plotDeep engagement through music and listeningComic: The character of Seymour appears only as

the victim of the girls' prankFilm: Rebecca has a rather diminished role

AllusionThe two original movie posters on Enid's wall are Pufnstuf (1970) and The World of Henry Orient (1964), a film about

two teenage girls with similarities to this film. “Devil go my women”

ColonisationTerry Zwigoff

Art School Confidential (2006) Daniel Clowes adaptation

Crumb (1994) Misfits, antiheroes, and themes of alienation.The character of Seymour is based in part on

Zwigoff. Like Seymour, Zwigoff is an avid collector of

1920's jazz and blues records.

ConclusionVisual to visual is too often overlooked as

adaptationWhen we think of comics we think of

superheroesWhat happens when a creator of the source

adapts? Comic adaptation is about performance

Think of how the actors perform these characters