Pantheon Graphic Library: Rusty Brown Graphic Novel

Joey Goubran: Chris Ware puts out another highly innovative comic, with fantastic art and coloring. Very emotional, honest and a must-have for any comicbook fan.

United States on Oct 08, 2023

Amazon Customer: Terrific graphic novel at an excellent price.

Canada on Sep 28, 2023

JS: This is an amazing book, but it is important to know that the description of this as a used was accurate. It arrived quickly and safely.

United Kingdom on Sep 08, 2023

mark latimer: Amazing overall !

Canada on Apr 18, 2023

Daniel J. Mooney: This is Chris Ware’s book, culled from the pages of Acme Novelty Library. A series which ended ten years ago, and has now been collected into this volume. What is interesting is that the story itself is not over. The very last page ends with “Intermission”. Thus the book is meant to be part one of a however-many series. I have my doubts anymore is forthcoming. Acme Novelty Library came out only once a year -if that. So it took ten years to get this far, and another ten years to collect it. So we will probably have to deal with the material presented here as the final product.

Not that there’s anything wrong with the contents of Rusty Brown. If anything, the material is too good. The art is always crisp, precise, and meticulous. Perfect curves, immaculate edges. Nothing beats it. It sucks you in and forces the reader to admire each page for about half an hour. One minor detail is that the author often plays about with the size of the panels, and so a lot of the words are really tiny. Stick your eyeball a millimeter from the page tiny. That might have a negative impact on your enjoyment.

The story itself rambles. I’m pretty sure the author has an idea of what...

United States on Dec 14, 2020

Anderson Lima Oliveira: Comecei a ler tem poucos dias e já me vejo totalmente preso, fascinado pela história, pelo traço e pela inovação que Chris Ware trouxe para os quadrinhos. Tudo bem, sabemos quais são suas influências. Richard McGuire provavelmente é a maior nesse quesito... Porém, Chris Ware foi além, ele supera e se supera. Em Rusty Brown é isso que acontece, uma história melancólica, cheia de personagens perdedores e/ou com problemas do passado ainda nada resolvidos... Enfim, uma obra-prima que apenas Chris Ware poderia ter realizado.

Brazil on Sep 22, 2020

A.J.F: This is a thing of beauty- so much better than Jimmy Corrigan (I know people loved that, but this is more coherent and linear somehow despite the multiple POVs and fluctuations in time). I'm a disciple of Chris Wares 'Building Stories', which I revisit regularly- but I'd say this is just as good (at a stretch as building stories is the most genius beautiful thing afterall...).
This is about the human condition- we follow several interwoven character threads back and forth in time. In usual Chris Ware style there are loads of details to keep going back and checking- beautiful frame by frame breakdowns of everyday minutae. There's that familiar feel of desolation in this book, like in his other work. We always want the superhero story, the resolution- but Ware puts things how they are, and obviously that can appear bleak at times but this is life, and here life is drawn frame by frame into an intriguing tapestry. Even the jacket of the book you could spend a day studying- this is a piece of art and a joy. If you enjoyed Jimmy Corrigan, or are just a human trying to live as best you know how- then you'll love this. The price I think is very reasonable for such a big book which...

United Kingdom on May 09, 2020

David Swan: I own several of Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library books, but it felt like I was getting into the middle of a soap opera and his older books had jumped in price so I didn’t stick with it. This is not the first compilation of ANL but it’s the first one I’ve purchased and I’m really glad I did. Although the book is titled Rusty Brown, his story only occupies something less than a third of the book. The book is basically divided in five sections with Rusty being the first. What’s interesting is that all of the characters have some tangential relationship to each other and sometimes it took me awhile to recognize that the character who is the focus of the current story is one I had already seen.

Before I get into the various section of the book, I want to talk about Chris Ware’s art because I find it fascinating. I took several years of graphic design in college and this is exactly what I would expect artwork to look like if it came from a graphic design major. Everything is precise and meticulous with perfectly straight edges and flawless curves. It’s so interesting how the meticulousness of the art contrasts with the very emotional and bleak stories. Sometimes...

United States on Oct 21, 2019