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	Acme Novelty Library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acme Novelty Library is a singular and artistically adventurous comic book created by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware and published by Fantagraphics Books.
		Furthermore, Acme Novelty Library won the Harvey Special Award for Excellence in Presentation every year from 1995 to 1999, followed by wins in the same category for issue #13 in 2000, Jimmy Corrigan in 2001, and the Acme Novelty Datebook in 2004.
		Acme Novelty Library also won the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series of 1996 and 2000; Best New Graphic Album of 2000 (for issue #13); and Best Publication Design of 1995, 1996, 1997 (for issue #7), and 2002 (for issue #15).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acme_Novelty_Library (695 words)

	iComics.com
		Acme Novelty Library #5 is the first issue of Chris Ware's epic story "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth".
		While I'd read a couple of issues of Acme Novelty Library in the past (I've always been fascinated by the assorted shapes and sizes of the comics—I just kept putting off diving into the epic), this was my first exposure to the depressing world of Jimmy Corrigan.
		Acme Novelty Library #5 is the first chapter in the Jimmy Corrigan graphic novel, which is available from
	www.icomics.com /rev_010500_acme.shtml (364 words)

	Niemworks > Else > ACME Novelty Toy Gallery
		The plans for each toy are included in various issues of the ACME Novelty Library, as well as other publications.
		The ACME comics and the JIMMY CORRIGAN book are available at your local finer comics store, or through Fantagraphics Books.
		ACME #8, God with the children of the world.
	www.niemworks.com /else/acmetoys.html (415 words)

	MILE HIGH COMICS presents THE BEAT at COMICON.com: Chris Ware moves ACME to FSG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As picked up on by various bloggers who got hold of Drawn & Quarterly's fall catalog, Chri Ware's much-lauded and now self published ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY is switching distributors from Norton to FSG.
		Fantagraphics, the former ANL publishers, had a distribution deal with Norton, so issue #16 was distributed via that channel.
		Anyway, since this is probably the closest thing I'll ever make to a "public statement," I should add that I'm also pleased to associate myself with Drawn and Quarterly's fine catalog and publishing acumen, and that Fantagraphics and I remain quite convivial and amenable, and that this is all meaningless.
	www.comicon.com /thebeat/2006/04/chris_ware_moves_acme_to_fsg.html (233 words)

	artnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He produces a weekly newspaper strip, the irregular periodical "The ACME Novelty Library," and and is the author of "Jimmy Corrigan — the Smartest Kid on Earth" (Pantheon Books, 2000) which received the Guardian First Book Award in 2001 and the American Book Award in 2000.
		The books "Quimby the Mouse" and "The ACME Novelty Datebook" were released in 2003, and in 2004 he edited the 13th issue of “McSweeney’s.” He was the recipient of the Eisner and Harvey Comic book awards, in 1994 and 2004, and "L'Alph Art" award in 2003.
		His new collection, “The ACME Novelty Library," will be released by Pantheon in fall of 2005, and his comic book of the same name will begin republication with issue number 16 at the end of the year.
	www.artnet.com /event/82969/chris-ware-new-drawings-from-the-acme-novelty-library-no-16.html (426 words)

	ACME Novelty Library - Book Review (Pete Ashton's Weblog) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ACME Novelty Library is a collection of material from Chris Ware's ACME Novelty Library comic, bringing together everything that isn't already collected in Jimmy Corrigan or Quimby the Mouse, along with strips that ran in The New Yorker and other periodicals.
		It's rather like being smashed in the stomach with a wide variety of beautiful sledgehammers, so lovely that even as the wind is crushed from you and internal bleeding becomes critical you can't help but notice the delicate craftsmanship of the handle and the perfect symmetry of the hammer head.
		Of note to Ware aficionados are the Chalky White strips which originally ran in the New Yorker and which readers of ACME might not have seen before.
	www.peteashton.com /05/09/24/acme_novelty_library.html (497 words)

	Acme (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acme Corporation is a fictional company that exists in the world of Looney Tunes cartoons.
		Acme thread form, is a screw thread used in specialized applications such as vises and leadscrews.
		Acme Taxi is a small taxi-cab company that exists in East England, United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acme (461 words)

	Review \| The Acme Novelty Library No. 16 by Chris Ware
		While The Acme Novelty Library #16 may not be as full and complete as Ware's masterpiece from 2000, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, it's at least a satisfying hors d'oeuvre until the main meal arrives.
		Instead, Fantagraphics Books has been issuing collections of his "Acme Novelty Library" compendiums from the series of the 1990s, which include short vignettes about baby boomers mulling over their troubled childhoods, short gag strips and complex, intricately-worded advertisements which graphically and textually resemble pages from the Sears catalogs of the early 20th century.
		The Acme Novelty Library No. 16 also contains a one-page episode of a stick-figure version of Ware himself babysitting his daughter while fretting over whether or not readers will appreciate his metaphors and allusions.
	www.januarymagazine.com /fiction/acme16.html (578 words)

	TIME.com -- Andrew Arnold: The Depressing Joy of Chris Ware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Author of last year's critically-acclaimed graphic novel, "Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth," Ware has finally come out with issue fifteen in his comicbook series "The Acme Novelty Library." After a year and a half of waiting, rest assured that his reputation(s) remain intact.
		After putting down "Acme" 15 I opened a piece of junk mail soliciting satellite TV that began, "Bring joy into your life." The Wareian "gag" completed itself in my head: the dish on the window sill, and me alone on the couch in my underwear staring at Jessica Alba.
		"Acme Novelty Library #15" can be found at better comicbook stores and the publisher's website.
	www.time.com /time/columnist/arnold/article/0,9565,185722,00.html (893 words)

	Powell's Books - Acme Novelty Library #16: The Acme Novelty Library #16 by Chris Ware
		This newest edition of The ACME Novelty Library features the first serial installment of "Rusty Brown," Ware's first major lengthy "narrative indulgence" since his Jimmy Corrigan graphic novel.
		The ACME Novelty Library is Chris Ware's ongoing comic book/art object series, which he has been creating for Fantagraphics since 1993.
		The ACME Novelty Library series has been the most acclaimed comic book series of the last ten years, as well as one of the bestselling contemporary comics on the racks.
	www.powells.com /biblio?isbn=156097513x (476 words)

	The ACME Novelty Library No. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The first issue of the Novelty Library is actually the fourth collection of strips.
		All these Novelty Libraries are collections of strips published in the Daily Texan and New City.
		The first issue of the Novelty Library focuses on Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid On Earth.
	quimby.gnus.org /warehouse/anl1/anl1.html (389 words)

	Bookslut \| The ACME Novelty Library #16 by Chris Ware
		While there is the instant gratification of being able to read Jimmy Corrigan in its entirety, each of the slim volumes of The ACME Novelty Library provides the visually intense pleasure of fixating on the consummate artistry of Ware.
		The 16th volume is the first installment of what is anticipated to be a long narrative about an obsessive collector of superhero and toy paraphernalia named Rusty Brown.
		As with all The ACME Novelty Library volumes, there are extra features.
	www.bookslut.com /fiction/2006_02_007782.php (715 words)

	COMICON.com: CHRIS WARE TO SELF-PUB ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY
		It will be preceded by the early Autumn release of a Pantheon book collection called The ACME Novelty Library, largely drawn from material which appeared in issues #7 and #15 of the series.
		As far as I can tell, the thing that's slowed down ACME Novelty Library issues is that it's going to serialize his massvie "Rusty Brown" graphic novel in chunks slightly larger than other issues.
		A new ACME and a Pantheon collection of material coming out in the same year - I couldn't be happier.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003701 (757 words)

	Direct Textbooks Price Comparison for ISBN 156097513X: The ACME Novelty Library #16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The new Acme is finally here, and, lest I allow my excitement over its mere existence color my review, I let it sit for a little while after I bought it and then reread it.
		This was the beginning of the Jimmy Corrigan saga, where the protaganist's perspective slides between hallucinations (the metal man), with "themes" repeated in the background (the peach!).
		Overall, the ACME Novelty Library #16 delivers more of what you would expect from Ware.
	www.directtextbook.com /price.php?p=prices&q=156097513X&shippingtime=5 (1326 words)

	Amazon.com: The Acme Novelty Library: Books: Chris Ware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Acme Novelty Library collects a few issues of Ware's comic book series by the same name and adds plenty of new pages and visual delights.
		While ANL claims it is a report to "shareholders" it is really a collection of single page "jokes" that sometimes form a sustained narrative....It's very unlike Ware's Jimmy Corrigan book, as it can be read in no particular order and still make a load of sense.
		There are also some nice gimmicks included like toys you can build, mini-comics you can "bind", a glow in the dark map of the stars, a wrap-around band that contains a comic, and even the world's smallest comic included along the edge of the book.
	www.amazon.com /Acme-Novelty-Library-Chris-Ware/dp/0375422951 (1355 words)

	Amazon.de: Quimby the Mouse (Acme Novelty Library): English Books: Chris Ware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		To begin with, the volume itself is a work of art, from the typically intricate, gold-embossed covers to the pages inside, each of which is a testament to Ware's outside-the-box ability as a designer and artist.
		This large-format collection of Ware's early work, mostly from 1990 and 1991, repackages material that appeared in Acme Novelty Library as well as other publications, but still feels amazingly fresh.
		All of the work is packaged impeccably-Ware's beautiful gold foil stamped cover alone is worth the book's price, while his running joke that the book is, in fact, a discarded library book is funny and touching, underscoring comics' ephemeral quality.
	www.amazon.de /Quimby-Mouse-Acme-Novelty-Library/dp/1560974850 (786 words)

	Chris Ware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Franklin Christenson Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth.
		Beginning with the 16th issue of the Acme Novelty Library, Ware is self-publishing his work, while maintaining a relationship with Fantagraphics for distribution and storage.
		In recent years he has also been involved in editing (and designing) several books and book series, including the new reprint series of Gasoline Alley from Drawn and Quarterly Walt and Skeezix, the on-going reprint of Krazy Kat by Fantagraphics, and the thirteenth volume of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, which is devoted to comics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chris_Ware (1486 words)

	Comic Book Galaxy - Pushing Comix Forward Since 2000.
		The most beautiful and certainly one of the most important comics-related book ever released, Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library Datebook collects hundreds of sketches, drawings and rough strips from the past few years.
		Most amazing to me were the raw, elegant drawings of architecture demonstrating a deep, deep understanding of spacial relationships that the more polished, finished work in his comics demonstrates but does not as fully reveal.
		The book's design asthetics are mind-boggingly gorgeous; Library Retro Chic is about as close to a description as I can get at the moment, but the book-as-object truly needs to be seen to be believed, and once seen is irresistible.
	www.comicbookgalaxy.com /acmedatebook_review.html (402 words)

	The ACME Novelty Library - Chris Ware - Graphic novel review
		Combining the talents of draughtsmanship and caricature with amazing characterisation, dialogue and story-telling, at his best he's capable of works as unforgettable as Jimmy Corrigan.
		It was in these volumes that he first experimented with Jimmy Corrigan and Quimby the Mouse, the characters that went on to cement his reputation in larger books of their own.
		Scattered amongst the pages are tightly packed and intricately detailed prose pieces, spoof adverts and a cut-out-and-build Novelty Library, all equally cynical in their undertone.
	www.grovel.org.uk /reviews/acme-01/novelty-library-01.htm (381 words)

	Acme (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		ACME (album), is the sixth album by New York City blues/indie rock group the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
		Acme (text editor), is a text editor and development environment originally for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system.
		Acme Brick Company, a brick manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ACME (461 words)

	Pantheon \| Catalog \| The Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware
		and a complete history of The ACME Novelty Company itself, decorated by rare photographs, early business ventures, not to mention the smallest example of a Comic Strip ever before offered to the general public.
		The 16th issue of his regular periodical, not uncoincidentally titled “The ACME Novelty Library,” will be released this fall.
		No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
	www.randomhouse.com /pantheon/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375422959 (211 words)

	Chris Ware
		ACME is a brilliant, gorgeous, groundbreaking achievement.” —Chip Kidd, author of Batman Collected
		Like Ware's first book, Pantheon's best-selling and award-winning Jimmy Corrigan, Quimby is saturated with Ware's genius, including consistently amazing graphics, insanely perfectionist production values, cut-out-and-assemble paper projects, and the formal complexity of his narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most prodigious artists of his generation.
		Quimby will collect all the material from the out-of-print Acme Novelty Library #2 and #4, as well as a selection of previously uncollected strips and some new material.
	www.fantagraphics.com /artist/ware/ware.html (434 words)

	eBay - acme novelty, Comics, Fiction Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Acme Novelty Library #1 1st Chris Ware Jimmy Corrigan
		Acme Novelty Library 3 14 16 Chris Ware Hardcover Ed
		Acme Novelty Datebook: Sketches and Diary Pages in Fa..
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=acme+novelty&newu=1&krd=1 (374 words)

	The ACME Novelty Library No. 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While his anthology appearances had been impressive and the first issue of the ACME Novelty Library had been well received, the second issue of the Novelty Library was an eye opener.
		These mostly word-less strips, beautifully drawn and lovingly designed not only made it very plain that Ware was a masterful craftsman, but also that he was capable of doing things in the comics medium that nobody had ever done before.
		A toy model -- a chair for the figure in the first Novelty Library.
	quimby.gnus.org /warehouse/anl2/anl2.html (438 words)

	Amazon.de: The Acme Novelty Library. Graphic Novel: English Books: Chris Ware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kaufen Sie jetzt diesen Artikel zusammen mit The Acme Novelty Library: Rusty Brown (Acme Novelty Library) von Chris Ware
		The Acme Novelty Library: Rusty Brown (Acme Novelty Library) von Chris Ware
		Quimby the Mouse (Acme Novelty Library) von Chris Ware
	www.amazon.de /Acme-Novelty-Library-Graphic-Novel/dp/0375422951 (554 words)

	Allen Varney: Acme Novelty Library review
		The Acme Novelty Library is still about nothing, although it's the most attractively presented nothing I've seen in quite some time.
		Be able to produce a sketch of any object, place, or person with carefree ease.
		Confession and detachment -- reading The Acme Novelty Library is a strange, arresting experience.
	www.allenvarney.com /av_ware.html (997 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Books: Color and Brightness: Gift guide
		Not to be confused with the utterly amazing long-running comic book series with the exact same title which is about to release its 16th edition, The Acme Novelty Library is a collection of one-pagers from the past decade that includes some of Ware's most popular characters.
		The overriding gloominess and deeply depressing nature of the majority of Ware's work could be a little much for casual readers looking for a quick chuckle, but the sheer artistry and storytelling skill overcome any potential suicidal tendencies that may accompany perusal.
		The compilation format is a little disappointing in that it lacks the cohesiveness of The Acme Novelty Library series, but the work contained herein is certainly top-notch and a must for all true Wareheads.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:320158 (349 words)

	Chris Ware: Acme Novelty Library.
		Acme Novelty Library es, como mínimo, una obra difícil de describir.
		A esto hay que añadir una narración con un sentido del ritmo excelente y dibujo más que aceptable.
		Por último no puede dejar de citarse el diseño de cada uno de los números del Acme Novelty Library, imitando las publicaciones de principios de siglo (publicidad, artículos, maquetacion,...), que lo convierten en una verdadera joya.
	www.noveno-arte.com /indies/ware2.htm (123 words)

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