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    <body><![CDATA[I think this may be Chris Ware's best work yet. It's not perfect - not everything works equally well, and in particular his stilted narrator voice still feels pretty awkward to me - but in its unassuming way this is much more ambitious than any of his previous stuff. Loneliness is still the theme bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23012818">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is so grim.  A one-legged womans depressing absurd life.  Beautifully rendered.  Her eyes are tiny dots and in the last panels she fades and shrinks.  Life is small and insignificant.  But the feel and message would be so different if it were feverishly drawn or drawn as crass as the text.  But...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23101327">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kind of surprisingly, I thought this was very good.  Ware approaches his character here with a lot more sensitivity, instead of irony or mockery, and as a result, while she still seems pathetic, it's in a way that actually touches you somewhat as the reader, instead of just being dark and awkwardly ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71421460">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure that I'm going to give everything Ware has ever done five stars because, seriously, what other graphic novelist can compare? Ware is untouchable in his attention to detail and prolific-ness.  His stories may not be for everyone--his sense of humor is incredibly dark and subtle--but I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80830571">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is everything you would expect from an installment in Ware's Acme Novelty Library.  This is, apparently, the first of a three part series each about a different tenant in a three floor apartment.  This story, centered around the past 10 years of the life of a lonely one legged girl in her late ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20639146">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's the details, of course:  the fat dried drip of paint on the bottom of an old hook in the ceiling, a piece of errant spaghetti clinging to the side of a pot in the sink, the shade of a lamp turned ever so slightly from one panel to the next (thus denoting the passing of time).  These things are ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14865030">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though it deals with themes now familiar in Chris Ware's work - namely those of loneliness, isolation and deep sadness - Acme Novelty Library #18 marks a bit of a change in style.<br/><br/>I thought this might be the case when I noticed that the cover of the book doesn't contain the usual wordy ap...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11393237">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chris Ware has a way of reaching into my brain, pulling out my most recent obsessive thoughts, and presenting them to myself in the form of comic (i.e. graphic, not humorous or comedic) narrative. I stumbled across his early, largely experimental work when I was trying to write a critical paper on s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8340234">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would give the 1st half of the book 4 stars and the latter 3.  I found the beginning to be really sad, depressing, and interesting to observe this young woman's point of view, but then her story became a tad bit too repetitive, but such is life, right? Perhaps that's the entire point the author's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15483454">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll admit up front that I am a gigantic Chris Ware fan. I think he's the best living graphic designer/book designer, and one of the greatest storytellers ever. That being said, I was a  little skeptical going into this book (I mean comic, but look at the thing, it's a hardback book!), knowing that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15945105">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the most technically interesting comic out there for a long while.  My problem is, as much as I enjoy weird patterns instead of panels, I need a story.  I am lame and middle class and need the characters to do things that make other things happen.  Maybe Tv ruined me.  But my favorite parts...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35102795">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chris Ware is a genius!<br/>I love how he tells stories of characters who don't fit in or are depressed for some reason, but does it in a way that is so beautiful and unique that the heavy subject matter is palatable and even appealing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Resonated more that other Acme Novelty issues I've read, probably because I could better identify with the characters.  Still depressing as hell.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is probably the most physically beautiful book that I have ever seen. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the two things that drive me crazy about Chris Ware are 1)his kinda relentlessly depressing, passive characters and 2) that his panelwork frequently sacrifices clarity for design.  a third thing would be that the small detail work kinda inhibits my natural desire to read very fast.  ooh, and a fourt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13204008">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always been a huge fan of Chris Ware, and this latest Acme installment doesn't disappoint. His themes don't often vary, but his richness of style makes up for his monotony of topic. He is also the only comic author and one of the few authors of any type that makes reading about stifling depress...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34956783">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chris Ware working in his metier - loneliness and amazing intricate panels.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Must . . publish . . next . . . book . . . <br/><br/>Mr. Ware has got me hooked ever since <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>. I wish I knew when to quit! ]]></body>
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