{"id":291361,"date":"2021-07-05T20:46:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T17:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-makes-ghost-world-such-a-successful-comic-book-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2021-07-05T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T17:46:01","slug":"what-makes-ghost-world-such-a-successful-comic-book-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-makes-ghost-world-such-a-successful-comic-book-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Makes &#8216;Ghost World&#8217; Such a Successful Comic Book Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3408fdd167b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3408fdd167b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-makes-ghost-world-such-a-successful-comic-book-adaptation\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CGhost_World_and_Why_Adapting_Comics_is_Hard%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cGhost World and Why Adapting Comics is Hard\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-makes-ghost-world-such-a-successful-comic-book-adaptation\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-makes-ghost-world-such-a-successful-comic-book-adaptation\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#What Makes &#8216;Ghost World&#8217; Such a Successful Comic Book Adaptation<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay on what the movie Ghost World can teach us about big-screen comic book adaptations.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Different mediums have different strengths. The interactivity that defines video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s is not available in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> (yet!). Neither is the communal experience of playing a board game. So how do you preserve a story, characters, and a <em>vibe<\/em> while making the necessary changes to fit a square peg through a round hole?<\/p>\n<p>Despite their passing resemblance to storyboards, comic books and movies are very different forms of storytelling. Comics have an especially non-linear relationship with time, allowing the reader to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>rehend the past, present, and future all on the same page. And unlike the continuous action of movies, comics leave our brains to fill in the gaps. Suffice to say: they\u2019re very different mediums and that\u2019s not a bad thing. The best comic book adaptations understand this and deviate from the source material in order to preserve its core essence. Two companions are better than two clones.<\/p>\n<p>As the video essay below argues, <em><strong>Ghost World<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is unflappable proof of why it pays off to take creative liberties with adaptations. An unconventional portrait of irony-poisoned youth, the 2001 movie follows two friends, Enid (<strong>Thora Birch<\/strong>) and Rebecca (<strong>Scarlett Johansson<\/strong>), whose late-teen indifference prevents them from enjoying anything sincerely. Ultimately, their malaise drives them apart post-graduation as their lives are pulled in two different directions of purpose and adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>Setting <strong>Terry Zwigoff<\/strong>\u2018s adaptation alongside its source material \u2014 <strong>Daniel Clowes<\/strong>\u2018 graphic novel of the same name featuring a story originally published in issues of his series <em>Eightball<\/em> \u2014 the video essay remarks on how, despite their differences, both the comic and the movie preserve the same message: only engaging with the world ironically is a dead-end way to live.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CGhost_World_and_Why_Adapting_Comics_is_Hard%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cGhost World and Why Adapting Comics is Hard\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghost World and Why Adapting Comics is Hard\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZLe4DgWQkek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video essay on what makes\u00a0<em>Ghost World\u00a0<\/em>such a good comic book adaptation is <strong>Greg Kon<\/strong>, a filmmaker and writer based in Canada.\u00a0Kon runs the video essay channel\u00a0<strong>CinemaKon<\/strong>, which covers everything from film to writing advice. You can subscribe to CinemaKon on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/CinemaKon\/videos\">here<\/a>. And you can follow Kon on Twitter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CinemaKon\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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