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Jimmy corrigan is a depressed and antisocial man, who lives in an apartment, alone. Jimmy corrigan, the smartest kid on earth is an award winning graphic novel. The best of thesepaul hornschemeiers the three paradoxes, adrian tomines. Read jimmy corrigan the smartest kid on earth online, read in mobile or kindle. The first edition of the novel was published in 2000, and was written by chris ware. To start, id like to offer for discussion the use of diagrams as a storytelling device, and the implication of some pages being devoid of text as an indication of solitudeseclusion. Before being compiled into a graphic novel in 2000, the story was published as serials in new city an alternative chicago weekly newspaper and also in wares acme novelty library from 1995 to 2000. Jim corrigan is the name of three fictional characters that have appeared in numerous comic books published by dc comics. It is created using intricate panels that include interacting images that allow the characters to move gracefully from one image to the other and offers distinct. Aug 31, 20 spoiler alert an analysis of the role of superhero in jimmy corrigan, based on jacob brogans masked fathers.