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Jimmy
Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth. Chris Ware.
In a graphic novel originally published
in 2000 and started seven years previous, author Ware tells
the story of four generations of Corrigan men, focusing
on the title character in the present day and his grandfather
- also Jimmy - at the time of the World's Fair in Chicago
circa 1893. The intertwining narratives trace similarities
between the two melancholy figures, primarily through their
relationships with their fathers, of which the modern-day
Jimmy meets his own for the first time at the age of 36.
Corrigan's journey to meet his father also takes us into
his mind, a place he is much more at home in than the world
around him, much like his grandfather. Throughout the book,
these themes of isolation, detachment and fantasy are woven
together through Ware's wonderful, iconic illustrations
where words are sparse and secondary to the images.
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