It’s challenging and true, and that’s the best of what we can ask of art. With his drawing and design, he creates a world that’s lovely to look at and fun to explore, even as the story that plays out within that world is breaking your heart. What makes this book and this story compelling - and, ultimately, beautiful is Ware’s ability to present flawed characters and to express tragic emotions. Jimmy Corrigan, The Smarest Kid on Earth is a graphic novel by Chris Ware, published in 2000. Rather, the scenes take place in the neighborhood drug store, an old person’s home, the hospital - and you will see the textures and smell the singular smells. Jimmy’s grandfather is abandoned as a child Jimmy’s father abandons his family only to return, decades later, shortly before his death. But the Chicago of his primary storyline is not the sexy version of fishnet stockings and gin joints. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth is the semiautobiographical story of a pudgy, frail man who can find pleasure only in escapism and is subjected to cycles of rejection. Ware’s version of the White City is crisp and beautiful. The storyline alternaties between the modern city and the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The story is, as you might expect, poignant, difficult, and brutally authentic.Īuthor Chris Ware lives in Chicago, and his graphic design will transport you directly to the city. The story takes flight when 36-year-old Chicago everyman Jimmy Corrigan is contacted by his estranged father who wants to meet him for the first time. Jimmy Corrigan has been called the ‘greatest graphic novel ever published.’ Who are we go disagree?
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