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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Chris Ware
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Description for Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Paperback. Presents an autobiography of an office dogsbody in Chicago who one day meets the father who abandoned him as a child. Illustrator(s): Ware, Chris. Num Pages: 380 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 934. 384pp. Keywords: Comic/Graphic Book
Jimmy Corrigan has rightly been hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever to be published. It won the Guardian First Book Award 2001, the first graphic novel to win a major British literary prize.
It is the tragic autobiography of an office dogsbody in Chicago who one day meets the father who abandoned him as a child. With a subtle, complex and moving story and the drawings that are as simple and original as they are strikingly beautiful, Jimmy Corrigan is a book unlike any other and certainly not to be missed.
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jonathan Cape UK
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224063975
SKU
9780224063975
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Ref
99-1
About Chris Ware
Chris Ware lives in Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois. His books include Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, which won the Guardian First Book Award in 2001, Building Stories and most recently Monograph, which is part memoir, part retrospective of his career to date. He has won countless awards for his work and has been the subject of several museum ... Read more
Reviews for Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
A mesmerising and heartbreaking tale of a heavily burdened and desperately unhappy individual, and the lasting influence of toxic family ties.
Evening Standard
A bona fide masterpiece.
Strong Words
Jimmy Corrigan is certainly the greatest thing in strip cartoons since Krazy Kat and Little Nemo
Raymond Briggs Ware is the most versatile and innovative artist ... Read more
Evening Standard
A bona fide masterpiece.
Strong Words
Jimmy Corrigan is certainly the greatest thing in strip cartoons since Krazy Kat and Little Nemo
Raymond Briggs Ware is the most versatile and innovative artist ... Read more