Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

作者 Chris Ware著
出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
出版时间 2000年9月
ISBN 9780375404535
定价 261.60

内容简介

ThisfirstbookfromChicagoauthorChrisWareisapleasantly-decoratedviewatalonelyandemotionally-impaired"everyman"(JimmyCorrigan:TheSmartestKidonEarth),whoisprovided,atage36,theopportunitytomeethisfatherforthefirsttime.Animprovisatoryromancewhichgingerlydeportsitselfbetween1890'sChicagoand1980'ssmalltownMichigan,thereaderishelpedalongbythousandsofcoloredillustrationsanddiagrams,which,whenreadrapidlyinsequence,provideaconvincingillusionoflifeandmovement.Thebulkoftheworkissupportedbyfold-outinstructions,anindex,papercut-outs,andabriefapology,allofwhichconcretetoformarichportraitofamanstuntedbyaparalyzingfearofbeingdisliked.

作者简介

CHRISWAREiswidelyacknowledgedasthemostgiftedandbelovedcartoonistofhisgenerationbybothhismotherandseven-year-olddaughter.BuildingStories,releasedin2012,received4EisnerAwards,includingBestGraphicAlbum,in2013.HisJimmyCorrigan:TheSmartestKidonEarthwontheGuardianFirstBookAwardandwaslistedasoneofthe"100BestBooksoftheDecade"byTheTimes(London)in2009.AnirregularcontributortoThisAmericanLifeandTheNewYorker(wheresomeofthepagesofthisbookfirstappeared)hisoriginaldrawingshavebeenexhibitedintheWhitneyBiennial,theMuseumofContemporaryArtinChicagoandinpilesbehindhisworktableinOakPark,Illinois.

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