Jimmy Corrigan

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 improvisat [...]
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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.