Chris Ware: Jimmy Corrigan,
The Smartest Kid on Earth (2000)
10. august 2010
How did I only discover this now when it’s from 2000??! This is one of the most mindblowing pieces of graphic art I have ever laid my eyes on (not that it comes to that many, but I’m sure you get my point). This graphic novel is a graphic novel in the exact opposite way of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home (see below). Like Fun House it is a story about the relationship between fathers and their offspring, but told in a way only possible because it is drawn. It mixes reality, imagination, dreams and flashbacks into a whirl that demands the readers’ complete attention. Contrasting this is the flat, two-dimensional style and the sparse use of words. Very evoking. I’m looking forward to re-reading this.
