Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth

Jimmy Corrigan - The smartest boy in the world ( original title: Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth) is an award winning comic by Chris Ware. The background story of the narrative portrays the meeting of the adult Jimmy Corrigan and his father, so it is not in spite of the title to the celebration of a child prodigy, in flashbacks Corrigan is a detail of illuminated dark, lonely life. Published in 1995 and 2000, commodity parts of the comics in the newspaper New City, Chicago, and in his own comic series'' Acme Novelty Library ''. 2000 appeared the entire story in a book published by Pantheon Books, 2013 Jimmy Corrigan appeared on German Reprodukt.

Form and action

Jimmy Corrigan - The smartest boy in the world is a complex comic tale about Jimmy Corrigan and his father. At the same time tells the story of Jimmy Corrigan's grandfather, who is left by his father. Chris Ware tells, among other things with flashbacks, dream sequences and metaphors and uses graphical style elements such as infographics or paper models. Jimmy Corrigan is an office worker in his thirties in Chicago who leads a lonely and monotonous life. The only social contact seems to be to his mother, who calls him every day. His father, whom he has never met, takes on a correspondence with him. Corrigan follows his father's invitation to Thanksgiving and both spend a few days together, yet they remain a stranger. Corrigan gets to know an unknown for him alongside his family, he meets his grandfather and the adoptive daughter of his father. But in the end dies Corrigan's father in a car accident and Corrigan travels back to Chicago. In the parallel story is told how the grandfather Corrigan, James Corrigan, as a child with his father moved to Chicago. The mother died early, so the boy has only his father as caregiver. In the end, James 's father leaves the boys. The theme of the comic narrative Jimmy Corrigan - The smartest boy in the world are father-son relationships that fail. The ideal image of family and society, if it Corrigan dreamed of in your imagination, for the time being remains Corrigan unattainable in reality.

Prizes and awards

Goods received for Jimmy Corrigan - The smartest boy in the world 2001 Guardian First Book Award; thus won for the first time a comic tale of a major book awards in the UK. With Jimmy Corrigan won the 2003 Prix du goods also meilleur album at international comic festival of Angoulême.