In the tradition of Art Spiegelman\'s Maus comes Jimmy Corrigan, a comic book masterpiece seven years in the making by one of the medium\'s brightest young stars.
The bulk of the work is supported by fold-out instructions, an index, paper cut-outs, and a brief apology, all of which concrete to form a rich portrait of a man stunted by a paralyzing fear of being disliked..
An improvisatory romance which gingerly deports itself between 1890\'s Chicago and 1980\'s small town Michigan, the reader is helped along by thousands of colored illustrations and diagrams, which, when read rapidly in sequence, provide a convincing illusion of life and movement.
This first book from Chicago author Chris Ware is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally-impaired everyman ( Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth ), who is provided, at age 36, the opportunity to meet his father for the first time.
The bulk of the work is supported by fold-out instructions, an index, paper cut-outs, and a brief apology, all of which concrete to form a rich portrait of a man stunted by a paralyzing fear of being disliked. --Zadie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Swing Time An improvisatory romance which gingerly deports itself between 1890\'s Chicago and 1980\'s small town Michigan, the reader is helped along by thousands of colored illustrations and diagrams, which, when read rapidly in sequence, provide a convincing illusion of life and movement. -- Time magazine There\'s no writer alive whose work I love more than Chris Ware.
This haunting and unshakable book will change the way you look at your world.
The first book from the Chicago author of the stunning Building Stories ( The New York Times ) is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally impaired everyman, who is provided, at age 36, the opportunity to meet his father for the first time.
Color illustrations throughout.
It\'s Gasoline Alley as written by Dickens and Joyce.
In the tradition of Art Spiegelman\'s Maus comes Jimmy Corrigan, a comic book masterpiece seven years in the making by one of the medium\'s brightest young stars
