Chris Ware is almost more of a graphic designer than a comic book artist. His creations have the look and feel of early 20th-century publications - painstaking ornamental flourishes and tiny lead-type novelty advertisements - but the ache of postmodern despair. Jimmy Corrigan is sometimes portrayed as a kid, sometimes as a lonely middle-aged man. His drawings are so intricate and precise - I feel as if, once more, I'm wearing glasses for the first time, able to see incredible details I've missed for years.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
by Chris Ware
Chris Ware is almost more of a graphic designer than a comic book artist. His creations have the look and feel of early 20th-century publications - painstaking ornamental flourishes and tiny lead-type novelty advertisements - but the ache of postmodern despair. Jimmy Corrigan is sometimes portrayed as a kid, sometimes as a lonely middle-aged man. His drawings are so intricate and precise - I feel as if, once more, I'm wearing glasses for the first time, able to see incredible details I've missed for years.
Chris Ware is almost more of a graphic designer than a comic book artist. His creations have the look and feel of early 20th-century publications - painstaking ornamental flourishes and tiny lead-type novelty advertisements - but the ache of postmodern despair. Jimmy Corrigan is sometimes portrayed as a kid, sometimes as a lonely middle-aged man. His drawings are so intricate and precise - I feel as if, once more, I'm wearing glasses for the first time, able to see incredible details I've missed for years.
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