Creating characters who willingly alienate themselves from the rest of a society viewed as boorish, irritating, tasteless, or just hopelessly uncool is familiar territory for cartoonist Daniel Clowes. In celebrated books such as Ice Haven, David Boring, and the highly successful Ghost World, Clowes has given us characters who barely tolerate the majority of the populace to which they unwillingly have to interact with. Still, even considering Enid Coleslaw (the cynical, disaffected, teenage heroine of Ghost World)
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