Jimmy Corrigan might be one the most boring comics I have ever read. Everything was so drab, disappointing, and depressing. I do have to say that I enjoy the artwork on how everything was so precise and uniform.
What is the significance of the old school artwork and the precise illustrations in Jimmy Corrigan?
I think it's important to the comic because it gives the reader a feeling of a Pleasantville. A picture perfect world where nothing goes wrong and everything is happy. Then once we get into the content we realize this world we are involved with isn't a happy one. Whether it we are watching Jimmy's overbearing mother or watching him try to escape his limited social life with his fantasies, we are shown a lot of irony.
Why is Jimmy Corrigan not an anti-hero?
He isn't an anti-hero because even though he lacks the attributes of most heroes, he isn't a bad person. Most anti-heroes are bad people who end up saving the day somehow. Jimmy never saves anyone or anything. A good example of an anti-hero is Travis Bickle from the movie Taxidriver. We sympathize with him at first but then later on we start to realize he's not working with a full deck. He shows the audience non-heroic traits but it's not until he saves a child prostitute from the mob that he shows us that a bad guy like him can still save the day. Jimmy is no Travis Bickle. he is a sad sorry character that doesn't do anything interesting ever. V from V for Vendetta is more of an anti-hero. He would be considered a terrorist by nine out of ten people but what most doesn't see is that through every bombing, V is showing us heroic traits that make him someone worth rooting for.
Good points! I too found Jimmy Corrigan to be boring at parts, but the drabness and disappointing aspects I actually liked!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you about the artwork. It was so organized and neat that it made for a nice juxtaposition of Jimmy's not so organized life.
Interesting incorporation/comparison with Taxidriver.
I never even thought about how the artwork in Jimmy Corrigan seemed like "Pleasantville". I liked that observation.I agree, it was depressing, but not really boring. I found it hard to follow at times-do you think thats why you found it boring? Because there wasn't a clear narrative?Or do you think there is a clear narrative and I just completely missed it?
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