About this title: A one-mouse theater of the absurd, this graphic novel by the author of "Jimmy Corrigan" employs cleverly appropriate old-fashioned imagery and advertising styles of the 1920s and 1930s. Illustrations, some in color.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Date Published: 2003-08-01
ISBN-13:9781560974857ISBN:1560974850
Description: Fair. Former library book with expected stickers/stamps. Moderate wear to outside. Loose covers. Ships next business day. Outstanding customer service and unconditional return policy. read more
Description: New. Folio-over 12"-15" Long. Unpaginated, trade paer, black and white illustrations, golden gilted pattern on the front soft cover, new copy. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Cleverly appropriated old-fashioned animation imagery and advertising styles of the 1920s and 1930s are put to use in QUIMBY THE MOUSE at the service of modern vignettes on angst and existentialism. As this cartoon silhouette of a mouse ignominiously suffers at every turn, the spaces between the panels create despair and a Beckett-like rhythm ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780224072656ISBN:022407265X
Description: Author. New. No Jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. HB, matte pictorial boards, NEW/--, unpaged, c. 167pp, col illus. in the style of `1920s & 30s cartton books. Minor rubbing to the eedges & corners of this large book, inside is aquare, clean, tight & unmarked, despite the faux markings on some pages. This is a very clever production. 1150g when packed. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. Cleverly appropriated old-fashioned animation imagery and advertising styles of the 1920s and 1930s are put to use in QUIMBY THE MOUSE at the service of modern vignettes on angst and existentialism. As this cartoon silhouette of a mouse ignominiously suffers at every turn, the spaces between the panels create despair and a Beckett-like rhythm of hope ... read more
"Dense, detailed, heartbreaking on every damn page. This graphic novel/compilation takes a lot of patience, pretty good eyesight and a great propensity for teeny tiny boxes full of emotional plot development.
Ware is single-handedly pushing American comic book storytelling to some other plane of existence. Some strips have no characters, just narration. Other strips have no narration, just images. And everything is infused with the past - family memories, faulty recall, alter egos that may have never existed, and of course, those strange mail-away offers in the back of vintage comic books.
Everything from the past is still at play in the present. Chris Ware blows my mind."
"Havent read an absurd amount of his stuff, but it really speaks to my way of moving in a story, or the stories I enjoy. Little details extend and morph off of a fairly simple moment or an exploration of a space or plot or relationship. It is hard to describe, but the way chris ware pushes my visual literacy skills, and in the process my conception of narrative is really fulfilling and in an odd way emotionally gripping. I dunno. I think of things like Amelie, or Y Tu Mama Tambien or moments in certain Truffaut films (Jules et Jim specifically) where we get sidetracked by an object and are told the story of the escaped pigs or something. Chris Ware does that kind of thing constantly... oh, chris ware... swoon."
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