There are also many flashback scenes, including a substantial narrative set in the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. However, it should not be read as a direct account of Ware's personal life. Elements of the novel seem autobiographical, particularly in passages about Jimmy's estranged relationship with his father (Ware only met his father once in adulthood, during the period he was working on this book, and has remarked that his father's attempts at humor and casualness were not unlike those he'd already created for Jimmy's father in the book). The story explores themes of discontent and alienation, especially within families. Jimmy attempts to escape his unhappiness via an active imagination that sometimes gets him into awkward situations. Jimmy is an awkward and cheerless character with an overbearing mother and a very limited social life. The story, previously serialized in the pages of Ware's comic book " Acme Novelty Library" (and, previous to that, in the alternative Chicago weekly "New City"), is about Jimmy Corrigan, a meek and lonely man in his late thirties who meets his father for the first time in a Michigan town over Thanksgiving weekend. "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth" is a widely-acclaimed graphic novel by Chris Ware, published in 2000. Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
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