(April 2003)

Pantheon, 2003 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
17.95 USD; 26.95 CAD
Pages
392
On-sale Date
2003-04-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Pantheon Books
Brand
?
ISBN
978-0-375-71454-2 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780375714542 51795
Editing
Chip Kidd
Color
Color
Dimensions
8" x 6.5" (20.32 cm x 16.51 cm)
Binding
Softcover
Publishing Format
one-shot

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Corrigan / cover / 1.52 pages (report information)

Pencils
Chris Ware
Inks
Chris Ware
Colors
Chris Ware
Letters
Chris Ware

Characters
Jimmy Corrigan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

wraps around into part of the back cover

General Instructions (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Ware
Pencils
Chris Ware
Inks
Chris Ware
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A mock introduction into the reading of comics, divided into five sections. Includes an "exam" and two tiny illustrations.

New Pictorial Language Makes Marks (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Ware
Pencils
Chris Ware
Inks
Chris Ware
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Quimby the Mouse
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Indexer Notes

A mock academic article from the "Journal of Liberal Arts Degrees" extolling the progress of "pictorial linguistics." Accompanied by a Quimby the Mouse diagram.

Popular Press Easily Duped (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 0.68 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Quotes from Time, The Chicago Tribune, The Village Voice Literary Supplement, The Onion, Entertainment Weekly, Mother Jones, Matt Groening, The Boston Herald, The Detroit Free Press, Wired, The Arkansas Democrat Gazette, The Hartford Courant, The Virginia Pilot, The Madison Daily Cardinal, The Dallas Morning News, The Nashville Scene, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Seattle Stranger, The Silicon Valley Metro, The Washington City Paper, The Wall Street Journal, Ted Rall, The Washington Post, Robert Cook (from the Comics Journal message board), The London Independent, Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, David Sedaris, San Jose Mercury News, The Omaha World Herald, The New York Times, The Boston Sunday Globe, The LA Times Book Review, The London Review of Books, The John Hopkins News-Letter, Time Out, CNN and BBC Newsnight.

[untitled] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jimmy Corrigan / comic story / 1.32 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Ware
Pencils
Chris Ware
Inks
Chris Ware
Colors
Chris Ware
Letters
Chris Ware

Characters
Jimmy Corrigan
Synopsis
A complex two-page diagram that covers Jimmy Corrigan's family tree, his nineteenth century ancestors, his comic book collection, the layout of his house, the history of Chicago as well as the Earth and its relation to the Sun and other planets.
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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Table of Contents: 5)

Jimmy Corrigan / comic story / 382 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Ware
Pencils
Chris Ware
Inks
Chris Ware
Colors
Chris Ware
Letters
Chris Ware

Characters
Jimmy Corrigan; Jimmy's Mom [Estelle]; Super-Man; Peggy; Jack; Jimmy's Dad [James William Corrigan]; Amos; Billy; Avery; Jimmy's Great Grandfather [William Corrigan]; Young Salesman Newsboy; Jimmy's Grandfather [James Reed Corrigan]; Jimmy's Great Great Grandmother [Marianne]; Matthew McClintock; William's Doctor; Andrew; Cheryl; Amy Corrigan; Mortician; Miss McGinty; Kinney; Phillip Stewart; Phillip's Mother; Marie; Phillip's Father; The Maid; Antonio; Culbert; Dr. Smith; Dr. Wilson; Kevin; Stephanie; Howard Johnson; Tammy; Mrs. Nelson
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Corrigenda (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Ware
Pencils
Chris Ware
Inks
Chris Ware
Colors
Chris Ware (duotone)
Letters
Chris Ware

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Indexer Notes

Background details on how the story and book came into being. Accompanied by thirteen small drawings.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Jimmy Corrigan / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Ware
Pencils
Chris Ware
Inks
Chris Ware
Colors
Chris Ware
Letters
Chris Ware

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rise and shine, Mrs. Nelson.
Characters
Amy Corrigan
Synopsis
Amy attends patients at the hospital during Thanksgiving.

Indexer Notes

Ends on the inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.48 page (report information)

Script
Chris Ware
Pencils
Chris Ware
Inks
Chris Ware
Colors
Chris Ware
Letters
Chris Ware

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere near Hong Kong:
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Chris Ware
Synopsis
A strip detailing the life of a "Jimmy the Corrigan" book from the printing press to the bookstore to Chris Ware's house.

Indexer Notes

On the back cover

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Jimmy Corrigan
  2. 1. General Instructions
  3. 2. New Pictorial Language Makes Marks
  4. 3. Popular Press Easily Duped
  5. 4. [untitled]
    Jimmy Corrigan
  6. 5. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
    Jimmy Corrigan
  7. 6. Corrigenda
  8. 7. ["Rise and shine, Mrs. Nelson."]
    Jimmy Corrigan
  9. 8. ["Somewhere near Hong Kong:"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Lionel English
  • Steven Samuels
  • Jim Van Dore