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    <body><![CDATA[I'm surprised that GoodReads doesn't allow a sixth star for this book alone. I can not say enough great things about <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34072.Jimmy_Corrigan_The_Smartest_Kid_on_Earth" title="Jimmy Corrigan  The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware">Jimmy Corrigan</a>. Honestly, it changed my life, and I can't imagine anyone not being in awe of its mathematics, literally and figuratively. This book is like the Catcher in the Rye for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/395150">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend, a physicist actually, recommended this to me after I rolled my eyes at superhero comic books. It's really great, heavy stuff. In just episode 1, Jimmy gets to meet his hero at a convention, who macks on his mom, stays the night, ignores Jimmy, and then leaves Jimmy to pass on his regrets/g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25196955">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Incredibly sad.  The impressive thing is most of the melancholy doesn't stem from overwrought, dramatic events but rather the eerily believable facets of Jimmy's life.  The drab apartment buildings with neglected trees and empty parking lots, complete with a McDonald's arch in the distance.  Jimmy e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32847313">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of my favorite books are graphic novels, and this one is second maybe only to <em>Blankets</em>.  It's a sad, shockingly complex graphic novel that toys with your expectations of the comic medium.  Jimmy's a lonely middle-aged man who's in an unhealthily co-dependent relationship with his also-lonely mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5883545">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know this is the graphic novel to end all graphic novels but I have to say I wasn't terribly blown away. It was well laid out and pretty to look at but was almost cliched in its portrayal of a loner. Meh.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the books I lugged to St. Louis with me was a paperback version of Chris Ware's award-winning Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid in the World, a surprisingly introspective graphic novel that originally appeared as a serial &quot;cartoon&quot; in a Chicago magazine.<br/><br/>It is the story of a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77330160">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't have much to add about Chris Ware's brilliant graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The smartest kid on Earth, that hasn't already been said. Yes, it is incredibly sad. The characters move like ghosts through the alienated landscape they inhabit, and their loneliness is palpable. When the title char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65464602">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh yes. Get this book. It's crazy. It's so minutely crafted you can just spend hours and hours looking at Chris Ware's intricate imagination (which he makes fun of) and non-linear narrative style. The story, layered like lasagna, is about Jimmy Corrigan's life, imagined and real. It's a loser's life...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4518230">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Incredibly irritating.  It was a chore trudging through all the gimmickry in this book.  Every single page is packed to the brim with unnecessary information screaming at the reader in capital letters and wacky fonts.  I enjoyed the first little bit about little Jimmy and the superman guy, but short...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80901983">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book captures the soul-crushing monotony of pastel wasteland suburban America with an absolutely unflinching eye for detail.  The protagonist isn't even likable, but as you find out how his life is intertwined with his estranged father and grandfather (who are also both named Jimmy Corrigan) yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79985203">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stupendous! I really fell in love with this book. True, the main character can be frustrating at times--he's just so lonely and insecure you wanna scream--but there's something sweet about him, too, and when you understand his story, and his father's story, and even his father's father story, it mak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62663997">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If any book finishes the work done by the likes of Art Spiegleman and Marjane Satrapi in terms of convincing folks that graphic novels can rank as great literature, it would be this one.  Ware's book is, quiet simply, one of the most profound and devastating reading experiences I have had in probabl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41268212">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my third foray into the world of graphic novels.  This book compels me to continue into this genre.  Chris Ware tells a heart-rending story of loneliness, but what truly captured my admiration was the artwork.  He does a sort of stylistic 180 from the narrative.  While the story is intimate ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68262430">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[another chicago great. loved this &amp; highly recommend it, even if sometimes i accidentally say 'billy corgan' instead of '<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34072.Jimmy_Corrigan_The_Smartest_Kid_on_Earth" title="Jimmy Corrigan  The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware">jimmy corrigan</a>.' ]]></body>
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