Chris Ware - Jimmy Corrigan

"Jimmy and Amy at the hospital"
The Acme Novelty Library #14

I would like to thank Scott Eder for making this addition to my collection possible.

As you may have noticed Chris Ware has a central place in my collection and I consider this page as the best example I have.

On the top half of the page you can see our hero on the toilet in the hospital imagining his future encounter with his half-sister Amy. On the bottom half Amy is in the waiting room of the hospital - where their father has been brought in after a car accident - contemplating on meeting her half-brother.

A lot of details and references throughout the page. If you want to soak up the details I invite you to explore the additional images (and the great) zoom-function on 2DG.

The fictional painting "Peaches" from Cézanne is based on the painting "Still Life With Cherries And Peaches" from the LACMA collection.
https://collections.lacma.org/node/233294

Peaches are playing an important symbolic role througout Jimmy Corrigan.

In the "CORRIGENDA" (at the back of Jimmy Corrigan) you can read:
PEACH (pēch) n. A Soft, single-seeded stone fruit, with a pinkish, red-tinted downy skin, and moist dewy flesh; the tree, Prunus Persica, is a native to China, but has been widely cultivated throughout the world, have been spread by the Romans and then brought by the Spanish to America. see SYMBOL

You can see my other Jimmy Corrigan art here:
From the first serialized Daily Texan "Jimmy Corrigan" story (predates NewCity):
- Chris Ware - Jimmy Corrigan - Blab 7 https://www.2dgalleries.com/art/chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan-blab-7-128126

First self-published Jimmy Corrigan cover:
- Magic Souvenir Book of Views cover https://www.2dgalleries.com/art/chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan-magic-souvenir-book-of-views-cover-242982

From the definitive edition of Jimmy Corrigan:
- Jimmy Corrigan title page https://www.2dgalleries.com/art/chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan-245209
- Jimmy meets his grandfather https://www.2dgalleries.com/art/chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan-45755

Accolades for "Jimmy Corrigan"
- The American Book Award, 2001
- The Guardian First Book Award, 2001
- The Harvey Awards' Special Award for Excellence in Presentation and Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 2001
- The Eisner Awards' Best Publication Design and Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 2001
- The Angoulême Festival's Prize for Best Comic Book "Fauve d'or" and Prix de la critique, 2003

Chris Ware received the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 2021 and was named Chevalier Dans L'Ordres des Arts et des Lettres in 2024.