Comments on: Jimmy Corrigan: The Saddest Kid on Earth http://guttersniper.com/2009/12/08/jimmy-corrigan-the-saddest-kid-on-earth/ ENGL 74: The Graphic Novel Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: koreanish http://guttersniper.com/2009/12/08/jimmy-corrigan-the-saddest-kid-on-earth/#comment-350 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:49:53 +0000 http://guttersniper.com/?p=1079#comment-350 The idea that lit should be discussed at the level of whether or not a character is likable–for this to be a determining factor in its relevance culturally, and in discussion–strikes me as something that makes me a lot more uncomfortable than anything inside Jimmy Corrigan, for how it suggests a sort of eugenics for literature. What I do appreciate in this post is that you examined your reactions to try and understand what was happening in relationship to you, the book and the culture, which is precisely what I would want, whatever you end up deciding.

What most people seemed to miss in this is the self-loathing involved in the comic. Which is on display even during the odd sort of self-aggrandizement over his bad reviews. Egos are only overinflated after they are first left underinflated.

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