Despair is a state of depressed mood and hopelessness. Despair may also refer to: Despair (sculpture), a c. 1890 sculpture by Auguste Rodin Despair (novel), a 1936 novel by Vladimir Nabokov Despair (film), a 1978 film adaptation by Rainer Fassbinder Despair (band), a thrash metal band Despair (DC Comics), a character in the Sandman comic book series Despair (album), an album by Omar Rodríguez-López Despair, Inc., a company that makes satirical posters and souvenirs Mount Despair (Washington), a mountain in the North Cascades National Park Giant Despair, a character in The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Despair, a 1969 underground comic by Robert Crumb "Despair", a song by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their studio album Mosquito, 2013 Neka mi ne svane, Croatian Eurovision Song Contest entry from 1998, also known as "Despair". See also Diseases of despair Desperate (disambiguation)