{"product_id":"the-acme-novelty-library-16-9781560975137","title":"The ACME Novelty Library #16","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter four years of almost exclusively repackaging his sophomoric early work for the book trade  the childrens entertainer and award-winning calligrapher F. C. Ware returns to his groundbreaking 1990s cartoon series \"The ACME Novelty Library \" a nearly decade-long publishing experiment which more or less single-handedly demonstrated the redemptive power a fancy paper stock or a little gold foil might exert over an otherwise dull  dry visual narrative.  This semi-annual periodical originally serialized his surprisingly undismissed \"Jimmy Corrigan  the Smartest Kid on Earth \" and now  with the 16th issue  Ware rejoins the proud  vital esthetic forum of the American comic book with his ongoing serial \"Rusty Brown \" a love story concerning the ambitions and mistakes of seven consciousnesses at a private school in Omaha  Nebraska  all revolving around a universally reviled child-and absolutely certain to be a favorite with readers of all tastes and biases. As told through the eyes of someone absentmindedly watching a television sitcom circa 1975  this first installment begins one January morning of that same year and describes everything of importance right up to and including the ring of the first period bell before eventually spiraling off into 1955  2004  and toward the planet Mars  amongst other interesting and exotic time periods and locales. Riveting  fast-paced  and irresponsible  \"Rusty Brown\" distills the confusing and indulgent storytelling technique that led Mr. Wares work to be referred to as \"nearly impossible to read\" by the Los Angeles Times Book Review. (In addition  Mr. Ware promises parallel serialization of his other work-in-progress  \"Building Stories \" which is actually a much better and more interesting project.)  Though originally released by alternative comics vanguard Fantagraphics Books  this new sixteenth issue is the first to be entirely produced  printed and published by Mr. Ware alone; limited to a single press run  once it is sold out  pulped  and\/or burned  neither of these narratives will be available again until \"Rusty Brown\" and \"Building Stories\" are eventually edited  collected and remaindered as hardcover books. Thus  be the first in your mercantile district to own this first chapter of what years from now is sure to be a tart  possibly insincere reminder of the fragile economy and mental disposition of the early 21st century. 64 pages  full color  9\" x 7\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279889653813,"sku":"ByrdShop_156097513X","price":93.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781560975137.jpg?v=1780615355","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-acme-novelty-library-16-9781560975137","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}