Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on
Earth
Are Pathetic Lives Interesting? Yes, Ours Are!
A comic/graphic novel that won the Guardian First Book Award 2001. It is
the first graphic novel to win a major British literary prize.
Personal Review: Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
There are people who hate about Jimmy Corrigan how it keeps showing
loveless, pathetic, unconfident characters that seem to pass these
attributes from generation to generation. But it is not meant to be an artsy
statement, to brag about how sensitive the author is or how cool it is to be
pessimistic. It is simply life. Our pathetic, laughable, disposable life. The
one we cling to because it's the only one we have. It's about resignation
and contentment, and how that is not necessarily bad. Our father may be
emotionally handicapped, but hey, it is our father. Our life may suck, but it
is our sucking life. Most of us don't get the grand prize in life, but most of
us wouldn't change our life for our neighbour's.
And what is there left to say about the graphic style? Jimmy Corrigan is
certainly difficult to read: this is no Asterix. But the attention on the details
is amazing. Chris Ware is master of the semiotic style, worshipping traffic
signs and men's toilet signs and hospital signs, etc. He manages to imprint
emotional meaning onto a world of cold, aseptic imagery. And that is quite
marvellous.

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