Fabian's Reviews > Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

I guess I understand why people MIGHT consider this a masterpiece. I, myself not a wholehearted admirer of the graphic novel, am usually very surprised by the narrative techniques and posh styles used in famous graphic novels like "Watchmen", "Maus" &, most recently, "Ghost World". This one is said to "elevate the medium" to another level and it kinda sorta does: like witnessing Jim Carrey going from funnyman to dramatic actor! The story is so droll, boring, sad... did I really need this type of monotony (and even, ironically, with the more than 3000 illustrated scenes which change beautifully in scope, color, emotion, etc.)? It was like watching an Oscar-inclined indie drama with no end in sight...long, yes, beautiful, yes, poignant, well-put-together, even avant-garde. But James's face never changes; neither does the reader's interest peak or descend. Nothing here spoke to me in a blatant, colorful, or (graphic) novel way.