A review by mhall
The Acme Novelty Library, Number 20 by Chris Ware

3.0

The comics equivalent of depressing literary fiction about middle-aged white men who treat everyone poorly but feel misunderstood and alone (Like Updike, for example, or [b:Something Happened|10718|Something Happened|Joseph Heller|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289004s/10718.jpg|2703812] by Joseph Heller.) The artistry of this stand-alone comic is beyond comparison in its details and sophistication and layout, but it describes a dismal, joyless, futile life. It makes me wonder what it is about Ware that makes him compelled to imagine a story like this. Starting from birth, each page of this book represents a year in sequence of Jordan Lint's life, from birth and childhood through marriages and grandchildren and eventual death.