false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165631727m/7557.jpg 7557 1 Chris Ware's <I>ACME Novelty Library</I> has been the best-selling and most critically-acclaimed alternative comic book throughout the last decade, since its debut in 1993 from Fantagraphics. For the last several years, the series serialized the landmark graphic novel <I>Jimmy Corrigan</I>, collected last year by Pantheon and currently in a third hardcover printing. This new issue, #15, marks the first non-<I>Jimmy Corrigan</I> issue in years. A stand-alone, all-new collection of short humor strips featuring Ware's most popular characters, the issue serves as a perfect introduction to Ware's meticulous work as well as a welcomed follow-up to those craving more after <I>Jimmy Corrigan</I>. This is the first issue of the <I>ACME</I> series to be available to the book trade. <P>As Chris Ware puts it, "Our new chapbook promises the densest array of foolish quips, gags, and muddle yet. The 'Book of Jokes II' attempts to adhere the broken narratives of favorites like 'Rocket Sam,' 'Big Tex,' 'Quimby the Mouse,' and 'Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth' while introducing new favorites like 'Rusty Brown' and our scientific survey of the world of the future, 'The Tales of Tomorrow.' The volume is printed in full color with special pull-out bonuses, including a painfully complicated cut-out three-dimensional motion picture viewer, and two only slightly less cumbersome flip books. Taller than most bookshelves, this will be one of the first things you throw away the next time you move." 10668 12 2001 The ACME Novelty Library #15: The Big Book Of Jokes II total:101|5:54|4:35|3:11|2:0|1:1| 101 444 115 3 4 0 false false Fri Jul 20 12:34:08 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 12:38:52 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jun 03 14:47:03 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 14:50:14 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Oct 15 21:53:16 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 09:27:07 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Nov 23 08:21:11 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 08:21:11 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 23:08:19 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 23:08:19 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 22:26:50 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 22:26:50 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 19 13:02:24 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:02:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 08 22:09:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 22:09:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 13:45:21 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 13:45:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jul 30 18:37:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 18:37:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 07:29:45 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:38:16 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 16:03:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 16:03:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 08 20:26:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 20:26:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue May 05 14:26:23 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 14:26:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun May 03 11:37:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:37:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 05:01:08 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 05:01:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Apr 11 20:19:08 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 20:19:08 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Apr 11 11:43:15 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 11:43:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 08 08:36:14 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 08:36:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 24 06:31:02 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 06:31:02 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7557