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The Acme Novelty Library #20 (2010)

by Chris Ware(Favorite Author)

4.34 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1770460209 (ISBN13: 9781770460201)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Drawn and Quarterly

series

The Acme Novelty Library

review 1: This was my first Chris Ware work. It will definitely not be my last. His style is deceptively simple. He captures, not just the things that make a life feel real and relatable, but the gaps too: the things you forget and misremember, the things you bury. Often I feel with illustrated/comic/graphic novel kind of work that the story is great and well executed, but that it didn't necessarily have to be a graphic novel. Ware is the kind of artist who justifies the medium. This work (and I imagine the full Acme work whenever it is finished) has to be presented this way.
review 2: Imagine someone you find despicable. Then imagine watching what their life would look like if it flashed before their own eyes. Would you still find them deplorable? Or would you find mome... morents where you empathize, smile. Or would the cringe-worthy, slap-upside-the-head moments outweigh the good ones? However the scale tips, this person -- Lint, in this book -- would at least be judged on a full life. It's hard to say one read this book, because it's more of an experience. Something that takes you on a ride through the narrative of Lint's life by dissecting moments through images and words, literally breaking down a scene into it's parts. It forces you to pay attention. less

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