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Chris Ware - Jimmy Corrigan
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37.5 x 60.3 cm (14.76 x 23.74 in.)
Added on 3/14/15
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"Jimmy meets his grandfather"
The Acme Novelty Library #12
"Loyal Acme readers who were disgruntled at the previous two issues, in which THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPENED (time shifts, sex, dream sequences, super-heroes, death, maiming, architecture — my God, it was like Bob Dylan going electric all over again) will be delighted to discover that this chapter of the Jimmy Corrigan saga returns to the mind-numbingly claustrophobic eventlessness that distinguished earlier issues (such as the acclaimed, award-losing "32-pages-all-in-one-room" #9). In this issue Jimmy and his dad have lunch! In a diner! For the whole issue! Except in one sequence they walk outside! To talk to an old guy! Then they go back to his dad's apartment! Trust us, after you read this little gem, My Dinner with Andre will look like The Road Warrior by comparison."
The Acme Novelty Library #12
"Loyal Acme readers who were disgruntled at the previous two issues, in which THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPENED (time shifts, sex, dream sequences, super-heroes, death, maiming, architecture — my God, it was like Bob Dylan going electric all over again) will be delighted to discover that this chapter of the Jimmy Corrigan saga returns to the mind-numbingly claustrophobic eventlessness that distinguished earlier issues (such as the acclaimed, award-losing "32-pages-all-in-one-room" #9). In this issue Jimmy and his dad have lunch! In a diner! For the whole issue! Except in one sequence they walk outside! To talk to an old guy! Then they go back to his dad's apartment! Trust us, after you read this little gem, My Dinner with Andre will look like The Road Warrior by comparison."
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Exhibited in Basel at the expo "Chris Ware: Paper Life" (2023).
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 and Amy at the hospital https://www.2dgalleries.com/art/chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan-208140
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.
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 and Amy at the hospital https://www.2dgalleries.com/art/chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan-208140
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.
Publications
- Jimmy Corrigan
- Pantheon Books
- 11/2000
- Interior page
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- Jimmy Corrigan
- Delcourt
- 11/2002
- Interior page
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- Jimmy Corrigan
- Fantagraphics Books
- 04/1999
- Interior page
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About Chris Ware
Franklin Christenson Ware, known as Chris Ware, is an American comic book writer. Since 1993 he has published the Acme Novelty Library, a series with an irregular format and periodicity. Jimmy Corrigan, his main work (1995-2000), has won him numerous awards in the English-speaking world (several Ignatz, Harved and Eisner awards, as well as an American Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award) as well as in the French-speaking world ("Prix du meilleur album" at the Angoulême Festival and the Prix de la critique).
