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The Examined Life

Tragicomic strips

By Joshua Glenn
Globe Staff / October 3, 2004

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A DECADE AGO, Chris Ware was hailed as a genius by a select few, thanks to The Acme Novelty Library, a comic book featuring kaleidoscopic strips about Siamese-twin mice, overweight superheroes, and lonely collectors of action figures. The acclaim became more general in 2000 with the release of "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth," which collected eight years' worth ... (Full Article: 315 Words)

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