The Adventures of Jimmy Corrigan - The Smartest Kid on Earth (Paperback, New ed)

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. 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. 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.


From the Hardcover edition.

General

Imprint:	Fantagraphics Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	April 2003
Authors:	Chris Ware
Dimensions:	165 x 204 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	380
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-71454-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Graphic novels
LSN:	0-375-71454-5
Barcode:	9780375714542

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