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product_id: 10034140
title: "The Acme Novelty Library (Pantheon Graphic Library)"
brand: "chris ware"
price: "A$112"
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reviews_count: 13
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# The Acme Novelty Library (Pantheon Graphic Library)

**Brand:** chris ware
**Price:** A$112
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- **What is this?** The Acme Novelty Library (Pantheon Graphic Library) by chris ware
- **How much does it cost?** A$112 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    A heartbreaking work of staggering...tedium?
  

*by Q***P on Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2007*

Ware is clearly intelligent, creative, tormented, and devoted to his work.  At times he achieves real poetry, which is the highest compliment I can give any creative work.  The problem is that the gems contained herein are all but lost in a dense miasma of obsessive neurotica and very uneven satire that tends toward the arch, precious, and vaguely self-congratulatory.Some of the spoof material is quite clever and I did find myself laughing out loud appreciatively a handful of times, but in general Ware pushes the same simplistic idea way too hard, over and over, and I found my eyes glazing over and my mind ardently wishing it were otherwise occupied.  It doesn't help that Ware's style--graphically, narratively, and conceptually--tends to keep readers at arm's length rather than draw them in and create the illusion of intimacy.  Add to this the fact that other reviewers are not exaggerating when they say you'll need a magnifying glass just to be able to read a substantial portion of the book, and the overall effect is at best ambivalent, at worst unpleasant and annoying.  I couldn't escape the suspicion that Ware is resentful and perhaps even contemptuous of his readers--the self-loathing I read in his work is outweighed by anger directed at others.He fares much better with the narrative episodes in the volume.  These are not only legible (which much of the spoof material is not--ironic considering that Ware seems much more of a designer than an artist, and one who seems to demonstrate a relatively developed consciousness of typographical considerations), but also far more complex,engaging, satisfying, and evocative.  Even so, the overriding aesthetic is one of alienation and brutality--a fitting reflection of our dark world, perhaps, but one which stifles and maims the generosity and sympathy that make any truly great art the gift and blessing that it is.  It's as though Ware were still seeking vengeance for whatever perceived transgressions were perpetrated on him during his childhood.  I would find his work more compelling if he'd tone down the obsessiveness of the presentation and focus more on his very promising cast of characters.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Pure Brilliance
  

*by K***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2013*

I read this after my first daughter was born and my wife returned to work after maternity leave. We lined up our vacations so I'd have time off after she returned to work. It was miserably hot outside. My daughter spent most days eating and crying. The rest of a difficult week was spent reading this. It was my temporary escape. It was brutally honest, but humorous at the same time. It was exactly what I needed. If I had to boil this book down to a sentence, it would be "Yes, life IS that bad . . . but your life is not that bad so enjoy the ups and downs as much as possible." I suggest the book to everyone, but it has a special place in the hearts of comic book collectors and geeks such as myself.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Wared Out
  

*by I***K on Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2008*

I go back and forth between four and five for this book. A part of me wants to give it five stars because it's huge, it's amazing, it's detailed, it has so much great stuff; but another part of me just gets exhausted with how big this book is. I love Chris Ware and I always will. His illustrations really show how people suffer, real people at their best and worst. At their most naive and their most pig-headed. That's rare. But a hundred huge pages, some packed with over a thousand words each, just gets exhausting.

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