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The Acme Novelty Library #19 (2008)

by Chris Ware(Favorite Author)

4.47 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1897299567 (ISBN13: 9781897299562)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Drawn and Quarterly

series

The Acme Novelty Library

review 1: Ware is one of the best and most singular graphic novelists, but I feel he always tells the same (depressing) story. It's a testament to his story-telling mastery and ability to push the boundaries of the art form that each volume of Acme provides new insight into the same old lives of lonely, awkward men. This volume focuses on the connection between Rusty Brown's love-life and career as a sci-fi author. The meta-fictional elements blend together in a profound and believable way, but as usual, the overall arc doesn't reach much of a conclusion. It is gorgeous and intelligent, but all the surprises come through the technique; it would be perfect if Rusty surprised us and himself as well.
review 2: Self-sufficient sci-fi layercake. First comes a pulpy outers... morepace adventure, then it's all about how the young Rusty Brown became interested in science fiction, finished with a sci-fi textual short story by Rusty Brown. Not quite at the level of #18 or #20 but still wholly worth reading. Surprising: occasional tiny, sexually explicit/suggestive images. I can see how some get tired of Ware's loveable losers. The girl in #18, young Rusty in this one, and Jimmy Corrigan are all sort of cut from the same Charlie Brownian cloth, except the girl in #18, young Rusty, and Lint all turn to art in response to a sense that the world's rejected them. The graphic approach, more than the characters, is what does it for me. This one seemed a bit more traditionally framed than the wholly Warean whole-page cycling schematics of association in Lint and #18. 4.1 stars maybe? less

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