Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Elements of the novel appear to be autobiographical, particularly Jimmy's relationship with his father. Ware met his father only once in adulthood – while he was working on this book – and has remarked that his father's attempts at humor and casualness were not unlike those he'd already created for Jimmy's father in the book. However, the author states it is not an account of his personal life. The Harvey Awards' Special Award for Excellence in Presentation and Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 2001 Kirklees Council ought to do something to recognise what he did for the area. It was an amazing piece of social engineering. Batley was a grubby, scruffy little town. James was very brave because he put a lot on the line. Thankfully, it paid off, not just for him but for the whole area.”

Although the Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif loved Ware's visual elan, she found the storytelling "self-conscious and rather self-indulgent". Jimmy Corrigan was born to Mrs. Corrigan. Jimmy Corrigan had no relationship with his father when he was growing up, considering his mother kept Jimmy's father's identity a secret for most of his life. CreationSam Leith: Rusty Brown collects a number of different storylines written over a number of years. How much do you think of it as a coherent single work?

When he guest edited a comics issue for McSweeney’s in 2004, Ware called comics “not a genre, but a developing language”. Ahead of the publication of the print instalment of Rusty Brown, we discussed his way of working – and where that developing language is now.

The Guardian First Book Award, 2001, "the first time a graphic novel has won a major UK book award," according to the Guardian. [5] James had charisma, personality and impeccable manners,” said Maureen. “Once he started getting the stars in, they all wanted to be there. It was great to work there because the facilities were first class both for the performers and the audience.”