Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware In the tradition of Art Spiegelmans "Maus" comes "Jimmy Corrigan", a comic book masterpiece seven years in the making by one of the mediums brightest young stars. Its "Gasoline Alley" as written by Dickens and Joyce. Color illustrations throughout. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. "This haunting and unshakable book will change the way you look at your world." —Time magazine"Theres no writer alive whose work I love more than Chris Ware." —Zadie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Swing Time An improvisatory romance which gingerly deports itself between 1890s Chicago and 1980s 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. 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. Author Biography CHRIS WARE is widely acknowledged as the most gifted and beloved cartoonist of his generation by both his mother and seven-year-old daughter. Building Stories, released in 2012, received 4 Eisner Awards, including Best Graphic Album, in 2013. His Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth won the Guardian First Book Award and was listed as one of the "100 Best Books of the Decade" by The Times (London) in 2009. An irregular contributor to This American Life and The New Yorker (where some of the pages of this book first appeared) his original drawings have been exhibited in the Whitney Biennial, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and in piles behind his work table in Oak Park, Illinois. Review "This haunting and unshakable book will change the way you look at your world. Ware captures landscapes made to flatten emotion—a clinic shrouded in snow, a sterile apartment complex—and yet shows the reader the meaning and even beauty in every glimpse from a highway, every snippet of small talk." —Time magazine"Jimmy Corrigan pushes the form of comics into unexpected formal and emotional territory." —Chicago Tribune"Graphically inventive, wonderfully realized . . . [Jimmy Corrigan] is wonderfully illustrated in full color, and Wares spare, iconic drawing style can render vivid architectural complexity or movingly capture the stark despondency of an unloved child." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Wares use of words is sparing, and at times maudlin. But the real joy is his art. Its stunning. In terms of attention to detail, graceful use of color, and overall design—Ware has no peer. And while each panel is relentlessly polished—never an errant line or lazily rendered image—his drawings, somehow, remain delicate and achingly lyrical." —Dave Eggers, The New York Times Book Review Review Quote "This haunting and unshakable book will change the way you look at your world. Ware captures landscapes made to flatten emotion--a clinic shrouded in snow, a sterile apartment complex--and yet shows the reader the meaning and even beauty in every glimpse from a highway, every snippet of small talk." -- Time magazine " Jimmy Corrigan Details ISBN0375404538 Author Chris Ware Short Title JIMMY CORRIGAN Pages 380 Language English Illustrator Chris Ware ISBN-10 0375404538 ISBN-13 9780375404535 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2000 Residence US Birth 1967 Series Pantheon Graphic Library Subtitle The Smartest Kid on Earth DOI 10.1604/9780375404535 Place of Publication Seattle Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2000-09-12 NZ Release Date 2000-09-12 US Release Date 2000-09-12 UK Release Date 2000-09-12 Publisher Fantagraphics Publication Date 2000-09-12 Imprint Fantagraphics DEWEY 741.5973 Illustrations COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7183705;

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