Chris Ware (1) (1967–)

Not suitable for young children, adult content. Despite this book being 15 inches tall, some of the print is extremely tiny - I had to use a magnifying glass to read some of the text. Still a nice addition to my Chris Ware collection, complete with fake dark humourous advertisements, a glow in the dark star chart, Chris Ware's cast of characters: Jimmy Corrigan, "Tales of Tomorrow", Rocket Sam, Quimby the Mouse, the Super-man, Sparky the cat, Big Tex, and Rusty Brown, and a and cut-out paper library. You really shouldn't laugh at the colourful presentation of despair, disappointment, desolation, idleness, melancholy, lust, abandonment, and unabated parental cruelty.… (lisätietoja)

Thoroughly depressing, but quite brilliant graphic novel, produced as a collection of small books, newspapers, folded strips of paper, etc. There are no instructions on how to read all of this (I did it from small to large). A slices of life story with a triple pun on the title; the building itself is a character. Includes the story of Branford bee, the greatest bee in the world, and an edition of the Bee times with "God save the queen" in the header. I think the only other graphic novels I had read were Art Spiegleman's Maus I and II, but now I am intrigued...… (lisätietoja)