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...must-haves this fall, both from Fantagraphics, both from two of America's top artists, neither of whom has published new material in a year and a half. "Acme Novelty Library" #15 (September) will be Chris Ware's return to the form since the triumphant hardcover collection, "Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth." Lauded even by the mainstream press for his intricate design and sardonic wit, this new issue will be over-sized and full of "gag" pages, rather than part of a continuing story...
...David Boring," by Daniel Clowes Sharing similar themes with "Jimmy Corrigan," "David Boring" features a young man with a vanished father and a clinging mother. But its grayish-blue palette and more conventional layout give it an air of grim seriousness against which take place completely absurd events. (At one point Boring gets shot in the head but merely suffers a dent in his brow.) Clowes has made "David Boring" the most readable comic novel of the year...
...Best Comic(s) of 2000 - a tie: "Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth," by Chris Ware "Safe Area Gorazde," by Joe Sacco These two very different books are both examples of striving for greatness in the comics genre. "Jimmy Corrigan" uses the fictional story of a not-so-bright, aging man to explore themes of family and modern anxiety with dark humor. Chris Ware has the best design sense in comics, using everything from schematic diagrams to 1930s lettering, all at the service of the story and characters. "Safe Area Gorazde" brings journalism and comics together in an unforgettable portrait...
...Where to Get the Goods: "Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth," ($27.50) by Chris Ware; "Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: The Beauty Supply District" ($22) by Ben Katchor; and "David Boring" ($24.95) by Daniel Clowes are all hardbacks, published by Pantheon, and are available at regular bookstores and their Internet counterparts...
...loyalty he could never count on. He has brought in Bob Bauer, the best election-law mind in America (and a Bill Bradley guy); Boies, one of the few players who appears to be thoroughly enjoying himself but with whom Gore has no prior relationship; and onetime archrivals Jack Corrigan and John Sasso, cutthroat campaign operators with whom Gore tangled in 1988. "We finally got the best people to do their jobs irrespective of their drawbacks," says an aide. "We never got that done in the campaign...