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Chris Ware's masterpiece of despair.
One of Chris Ware's first comics, in which he introduces Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, as well as the meek cowboy Big Tex and one of Ware's anonymous depressed robots. The book mostly deals with the adult version of Jimmy Corrigan, an awkward and shy man, who is unable to make social contact, and who consequently is incredibly lonely and depressed. Nevertheless, the character is not really established, yet, and there are several scenes showing a sadistic side, lost in later volumes....
I read Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth a number of years ago and remember really enjoying it. This issue of Acme Novelty Library apparently lent a couple pages to that book, but I don't remember it in detail enough to comment further. I can say that I appreciate Ware's dark humor which is evident in ANL #1, though the art is not as polished as his recent work.
The leftovers from Jimmy Corrigan are somehow still some of the best writing I've seen in a comic book, that's how good it is.Only, these are not leftovers, they are... a collection of sketches with the eponymous character from before Chris Ware decided to tell his magnus opus, which I believe was published in this collection, but later on. For now, only some of the pages of the ending here appear in Jimmy Corrigan.It's brilliant, but leaning a bit more on the abstract for the most part.
It's a pretty book
This was a fascinating graphic novel.
Funny, forces you to face some painful realities of life, utter despair, just about the most depressing thing I've ever read alongside Chris Ware's other work... I wouldn't change a thing though. The satirical adverts page is just so funny and absolutely nails it in so many ways.Really quite profound dealing with a number of existential questions and truths.As an aside, it is strange for me to think that Chris Ware was already well aware of the harmful emf affects of wireless phones back in 1993...
Chris Ware is the most incisive comics artist, the most skilled craftsman, the most talented iconoclast. He is inventing a new language of his own, with a breathtaking multiplicity of meaning and drama.
This was a fascinating graphic novel.
One of my absolute favorites.
Nothing quite like this, other than his other books, which are also unique. Brilliant artwork, sublime atmosphere and delicacy of characterisation.
