Daniel Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books, best known for adapting his own graphic novels into the feature films _Ghost World_ and _Art School Confidential_.
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.
Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug, and obsessed with his past.
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.