5/23/2023 0 Comments Jimmy corrigan book![]() ![]() There is, then, no shortage of irony in the fact that although many thousands of people own a copy of this book a surprising number of them see no real need to read the whole thing, being satisfied merely to own this beautiful object and enjoy looking at the detail of its intricately crafted surfaces, the diagrams, cut-out models and dioramas to assemble, fake ads, charts, Victoriana, extravagant lettering and painstakingly rendered architectural backdrops. Time magazine nominated Jimmy Corrigan one of the ten best English language graphic novels ever written. The tremendous impact this book had on the literary establishment made Chris Ware the most celebrated graphic novelist since Art Spiegelman with Maus. ![]() It uses its size, complex repeating structure and a seemingly endless supply of sub-textural asides, editorial commentary, teeny tiny marginalia and notes to demand a reader’s fullest attention in order to interact with it. ![]() ![]() Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth is a hugely ambitious, hugely challenging, and at 380 multi-panelled pages, huge in stature piece of work. ![]()
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