Best comics and graphic novels of 2019

"The biggest story in graphic novels this year was the return of Chris Ware, whose Jimmy Corrigan and Building Stories have previously lifted the form to new heights. At the heart of the epically inventive Rusty Brown (Jonathan Cape) is a single day at a Nebraska school in the mid-1970s, from which Ware spins the life stories of a shy nerd, his frustrated father, the privileged class jerk and a thoughtful, banjo-playing teacher. A doll is lost, a space mission charted, a car crashed and cupcakes baked, while snow tumbles, pages turn red with trauma and panels shrink to postage-stamp proportions – this is beauty you have to squint at."

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Best comics and graphic novels of 2019 | Books | The Guardian