![]() Jimmy Corrigan was given “Book of the Year” distinctions by TIME, The Village Voice Literary Supplement, and Entertainment Weekly, and was also awarded a 2001 Guardian First Book Award and an American Book Award, “distinctions previously awarded,” as Ware writes in his author bio, “only to authors who could not draw.” It was the beginning of a seemingly never-ending run in which Ware would dominate those awards and many others. In 2000, the year in which Jimmy Corrigan was released, Ware was nominated in eight Harvey Awards categories and won six: Best Cover Artist, Special Award for Excellence in Presentation, Best Letterer, Best Colorist, Best Continuing or Limited Series, and Best Single Issue or Story. ![]() Ware rose rapidly to the top of his profession, and is now widely known as one of the best contemporary comic book artists. In artist and creator Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan, all the evolutions in form and content made over a century of comic art seemed to crystallize. He has tiny, droopy eyes, never meets a gaze, has no small talk or social graces.” He is shrunken in on himself, round-shouldered and hunched as if to present the smallest possible target. ![]() Phil Daoust, writing in The Guardian in 2001, described Jimmy Corrigan as “a prematurely aged office dogsbody, blowing around Chicago with only fantasies to keep him company. ![]()
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