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Jordan Wellington Lint, 51, is Chief Executive Officer of Lint Financial Products, a company he began serving in 1985 as assistant and advisor before working his way up its corporate ladder to record-setting innovation in the fields of finance and high-yield investment. In his seven years as the head of Lint, Jordan has grown the company from a business lender and real estate speculator to a leading provider of network financial infrastructure services, all the while positioning Lint as a model of corporate integrity and high-yield, low-risk product. His fresh approach to an understanding of local problems, leadership and determination have enabled Lint to grow, outdistance and outpace its competitors. THE ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY Number 20 comprises a contributing chapter to cartoonist Chris Ware's gradual accretion of the ongoing graphic novel experiment "Rusty Brown."
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CHRIS WARE lives in Oak Park, Illinois, and is the author of JIMMY CORRIGAN: THE SMARTEST KID ON EARTH, which was recently selected as one of the 100 best books of the decade by the LONDON TIMES. He is an irregular contributor to THE NEW YORKER.
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A Lifetime Drawn in Pages,
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This review is from: The Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint (Hardcover)
This book is perfect for someone who needs an introduction to Chris Ware's style. If you are not sure about jumping into Jimmy Corrigan for reasons of price or length, this book is a good primer. Each page encapsulates a year of Jordan Lint's life, from what seems to be the embryo stage to his deathbed.I've yet to see a style of comics that recreates life experiences so vividly. Ware's work does not exactly look realistic, rather, it mimics the way we recall memories, little snippets of dialogue, and familial tension. Also, it seems to be one of the few Ware books available on Amazon, or any major retail bookstore. Even hardcore comics shops I have searched through are at a loss when I ask for any of Ware's work. Grab this, and you will not be sorry.
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4.9 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews) 23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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The Whole Damned Life of Jordan Lint, Caucasian Nebraskan (1958-2023),
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This review is from: The Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint (Hardcover)
Like the wonderfully imaginative issue 19, Acme #20 -- a.k.a. LINT -- offers a powerful standalone story that will reward Chris Ware's veteran readers without frustrating newcomers. Do you know a literature lover who is (still) a comics skeptic? Acme #20 is yet another great Ware book to give to such a reader.You don't have to love, like, or even be aware of Ware's ongoing "Rusty Brown" storyline to fall into this merciless volume, which vivisects the entire 65-year life of Jordan "Jason" Lint, who has appeared previously (and briefly) as Rusty Brown's school bully. In this book, he becomes a whole person: a poopy baby, a sensitive boy, a prickly teen, a callow fratboy, a cocky rocker, a crummy boyfriend, a lucky husband, a lecherous philanderer, an absentee (and possibly monstrous) father, a stingy landlord, and more. Rusty appears here in just one brief panel sequence. And when he appears, he is silent. (We don't even see his face!) Yet Rusty's presence is keenly felt -- he hovers above Lint's narrative like a ghost -- and our knowledge of Rusty's toilsome existence, if we have it, only informs and deepens Lint's story's amazing complexity. If Rusty Brown is the star of Ware's current creative concerns, Acme Novelty Library volumes 19 and 20 are brilliant planets orbiting that star. Like Mars and Earth respectively, Acmes #19 and #20 could hardly be more different on their story surfaces. But they are heavenly siblings, and each revolves magnificently around the surprisingly hot-burning and virile soul of Rusty Brown, clammy non-virile fanboy. $16.29? Incredible. This book is a freaking godsend to the 21st-century Humanities... and to human beings! This review refers to a non-Kindle, non-eBook edition of this title. 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Indispensable for fans of Ware's previous work,
By Matthew Dake - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint (Hardcover)
Bear in mind that I have been a follower of Ware's work for a rather long period of time now. The latest installment of the Acme Novelty Library is, in my humble opinion, the most provocative and interesting book in the ongoing Rusty Brown series. The previously innocuous character of Jason Lint is given a deeply moving and incredibly well thought-out testament to not only his own existence within the context of the series as whole, but also as a testament to the futility of the human existence as a whole. Not to say that this is a bleak work, on the contrary; this encapsulation of a life cycle in pictographic form practically screams at a decidedly American society to get it together.Ware has been driving at this for quite some time, but never to this degree. For those familiar with his work, malaise and social isolation will come as no surprise. In this context, however, the typical "sad sack" protagonist has been replaced with an over-achieving, amoral, undeservedly successful, and somewhat narcissistic "man you love to hate" living his life exactly how he sees fit, reaching an existential climax unparalleled in the graphic medium. To say he gets his comeuppance is an understatement, and when the narrative resolves it is cathartic at worst and life-changing at best. Fans of Ware's previous work will undoubtedly be in absolute awe of this new installment. 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Chris Ware, back in the saddle and in full control,
By J. Kendall - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint (Hardcover)
From a snot-nosed twenty something to a seasoned thirty something, I have grown as an adult with Chris Ware's comics. Available space, economics, and priorities have slowly winnowed away the comic titles I buy on a regular basis, but I will be with Chris until the end (either his or mine); his work is too crucial to ever give up. That being said, the first few issues of his current "Rusty Brown" series have left me a little cold. Not as cold as a Nebraska winter, mind you; the production design is great (I love the re-creation of a different style and packaging for each volume), the story has been intermittently engrossing, and the artwork beautiful as usual. However, while Rusty has historically been one of Chris' more whimsical creations, lampooning the obsessive, backwards misfit that lurks within so many of us, the series that bears his name has been cold, inward-looking, and kind of tangential. Of course any fans of Mr. Ware know that he certainly has somewhere in mind that he is taking us, and it is just a matter of being patient as he reveals his carefully crafted world piece by piece over these volumes. "Lint" is a quantum leap for this series. Instead of meandering through recollections of characters or tracing mundane "day in the life" travails, Chris shows you a life; an honest-to-God, fully realized life. It goes without saying that I could not put the book down and devoured it in one sitting. The artwork is superior; Chris has further developed a more detailed and naturalistic style that is becoming closer to the excellent work in his "date book" series and less like the stylized work in "Jimmy Corrigan". On finishing "Lint", I have the privileged feeling that I experienced the whole of another person's existence, including every tragedy, triumph, minor miracle, mistake and transgression. This book could make you look at other people in a different way; I certainly will not forget about this book anytime soon. I would recommend this book to any thoughtful person. "Lint" is a high point for the current "Rusty Brown" series so far, and it may even be a high point for Chris Ware in general. Obviously recommended for those who are collecting the series, but it could probably even be an appreciated stand-alone volume for those who (for some reason or the other) aren't.
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