SOURCE: Kloberg, Laura J. Review of Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, by Chris Ware. National Forum 81, no. 3 (summer 2001): 44-5.

In the following review, Kloberg praises Chris Ware for his use of visual imagery to connect the past and present in Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth.

Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan is a compilation of individual comic strips published over a period of several years. It is a remarkable visual treat, a book in which intricate drawings convey the story of three generations of Corrigans. The overall story is about a young man who lacks confidence and a sense of self-worth. When the book begins, he is looking for love and happiness at a time in his life when he chooses to meet his estranged father of thirty years.

Jimmy Corrigan first began in 1993 as a weekly comic strip in the Chicago newspaper New City, and...