i just finished Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth and i'm really into it. Chris Ware's artwork and story line, as personal as it is, leaks a lot into my own life - mostly the idea of a distant father, the inner dialog and things that the hero of the story recognizes that other's dont. the montage including the tape recorder - where the main character records birds chirping and planes flying overhead - the tape recorder becoming an instrument of freedom in a way. but then he manages to record a couple walking by, where the female is telling her male counterpart how she's falling in love with him. we next see Jimmy in his room playing back the girl's words lovingly and sadly. Ware's representation of Jimmy's grandfather in turn of the century Chicago even made some correlations between his thought process and my own. this is best displayed here. the way that lonely summer mornings pass when you are a kid. also, his cruel love interest brought back memories of my own childhood crushes, teaching me at an early age how cruel females could be. i need to find more of his stuff.

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