false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165631725m/7551.jpg 7551 1 <div><div>Undaunted by lukewarm Internet and blogospheric opinion (&#8220;flat,&#8221; &#8220;slow,&#8221; and &#8220;always dreary&#8221;) of his meretricious return last year to the tradition of the American comic book with the sixteenth issue of his <i>ACME Novelty Library</i>, cartoonist and professional sentimentalist Chris Ware returns with the seventeenth issue of this same title, and it is almost certain not to change general public opinion. Continuing with the second half of the introduction to his shamelessly meandering graphic novel <i>Rusty Brown </i>(which began last issue at a private school in the 1970s Midwest), the six-sided crystal suggested by the exegesis of the first installment is slowly turned and examined in midmorning winter sunlight sometime between the bell of first period and the conclusion of lunch for the first through the fourth grades. Also included are more thorough examinations of many of the main characters&#8217; cloudy motivations, personal habits, and favorite restaurants, to say nothing of the small dust mote around which they have coalesced and the complications in its life due to the acquisition of superpowers sometime the night before. Like the irritating distant family member you only have to see once a year, the <i>ACME Novelty Library </i>#17 will, as was its predecessor, be published by the author in a single, limited edition only, never to be reprinted until the entire library is collected as a single volume, though it may be promptly remaindered and/or discarded.</div></div> 10663 28 11 2006 ACME Novelty Library #17 (Acme Novelty Library) total:264|5:117|4:105|3:38|2:3|1:1| 264 1126 294 11 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 20:45:17 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 20:57:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 14 20:51:53 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 22:09:30 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 11 12:27:03 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:27:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 09:01:12 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 09:01:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 14:19:55 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 14:20:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 06:27:26 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 14:27:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 21:58:38 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 22:27:21 -0700 2008
After reading the intro I'm afraid that Chris Ware might be reading this review late at night..

So if that is the case, I would just like to tell you Mr Ware, that you sir are a genius....at times a horribly disturbing genius, but a genius ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:46:02 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:46:54 -0700 2008 the Acme Novelty Library. Please, Mr. Ware, give me my next fix! I'm dying!! ]]> 5 0 true false Sun Jul 08 08:46:41 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 08:52:14 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Aug 29 17:50:03 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 12:02:07 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 17:50:03 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun May 06 18:32:39 -0700 2007 Sun May 06 18:32:54 -0700 2007 http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/article.p...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 02 10:00:02 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 10:00:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 09:31:44 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 09:31:44 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 27 00:24:22 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:24:22 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 25 03:35:44 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 03:35:44 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 23 08:21:03 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 08:21:03 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 11:05:09 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 11:05:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 23:07:40 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 23:07:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 22:26:38 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 22:26:38 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:43:03 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 19:29:32 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7551