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The Acme Novelty Library: v.16: Vol 16 [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Chris Ware (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Fantagraphics; illustrated edition edition (22 May 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 156097513X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1560975137
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 18.3 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 413,680 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The newest edition of Jimmy Corrigan author Chris Ware's ongoing comic book/art series features the first serial installment of 'Rusty Brown,' the story of a young outcast whose only friend is his Supergirl action figure - until he meets new kid on the block and fellow comic nerd, Chalky White. Rusty's story is an uncomfortably vivid and uncompromising look into the life of a social outcast. The most acclaimed and best-selling comic book series of the last ten years, its new format allows Ware to surprise us with faux-advertising sections and elaborate 3-D cut-out designs.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another beautiful entry from Ware, 30 Jan 2006
By somethingexcellent (Lincoln, NE United States) - See all my reviews
I've been waiting for this one for awhile, so I was happy to finally get my hands on it a couple weeks after what was supposed to be the initial release date.

Overall, the ACME Novelty Library #16 delivers more of what you would expect from Ware. In this short hardback (64 pages), he delivers intertwining stories by pulling them together uniquely on the page for the first section, then intersecting the strips as the characters finally converge in the same place. As always, the drawing and design is amazing, and he gives us a small insight into his process (including what seems to be an ongoing, almost debilitating case of self-doubt) of creation.

I have just about everything that Ware has done to date, and the only reason that I'm giving this book 4 stars is because his always dreary stories are on the cusp of starting to get to me. Jimmy Corrigan was beautiful and sprawling masterwork that had a small sense of redemption at the end, but in the time since then (including The Acme Novelty Library and this new piece), his downer storylines have felt more and more claustrophobic. It's probably just a personal preference, and I know I'll keep buying his work since he's such a unique and talented artist, but I felt I had to explain my less than 5 star rating. As mentioned above, if you're a fan of his work, you're not going to go wrong with this one. You almost feel guilty getting such an exquisitely designed and printed book for such a cheap price (considering some of the poorly-conceived rags that are foisted upon the literary world).

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