--- product_id: 106385085 title: "Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library)" price: "₱6415" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/106385085-rusty-brown-pantheon-graphic-library store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library) **Price:** ₱6415 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library) - **How much does it cost?** ₱6415 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/106385085-rusty-brown-pantheon-graphic-library) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A major graphic novel event more than 18 years in progress: part one of the ongoing bifurcated masterwork from the brilliant and beloved author of Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth and Building Stories. Rusty Brown is a fully interactive, full-color articulation of the time-space interrelationships of three complete consciousnesses in the first half of a single midwestern American day and the tiny piece of human grit about which they involuntarily orbit. A sprawling, special snowflake accumulation of the biggest themes and the smallest moments of life, Rusty Brown literately and literally aims at nothing less than the coalescence of one half of all of existence into a single museum-quality picture story, expertly arranged to present the most convincingly ineffable and empathetic illusion of experience for both life-curious readers and traditional fans of standard reality. From childhood to old age, no frozen plotline is left unthawed in the entangled stories of a child who awakens without superpowers, a teen who matures into a paternal despot, a father who stores his emotional regrets on the surface of Mars and a late-middle-aged woman who seeks the love of only one other person on planet Earth. Review: Rusty Brown captures the beauty in life's pain - Chris Ware has done it again. This is an amazing graphical novel. I wish it was offered in digital form because it would make it easier to read repeatedly on my iPad. Without giving anything away, Chris illustrates the stories of, I believe, four main characters. The characters are all incredibly human and flawed but somehow even for the most flawed of characters, Chris captures the essence of what led to their pain. These aren't easy stories to read. There is so much pain and despair here and almost all of it unresolved. But I think that's what I love about his work. It's genuine and it makes you feel something. It makes you want to go out and live a better life. I have purchased just about all of the Acme Library books and I love Jimmy Corrigan. I think Jimmy Corrigan is still my favorite book because it feels like a much more complete journey. But books like Rusty Brown are significantly more challenging and they show an evolution in Chris's work. My criticisms of the book are minor. As mentioned, I'd love to read this on an iPad. There are several places where the detail in the images is so rich but so small and I've used my phone to take a photo and tried to zoom in to make out the very small text in some places. I'm sure this is done for effect. The text is small because it's background chatter. Or in some cases it's probably not meant to be read. But nonetheless, I'd like to zoom in. Also the book is huge and while I'd read anything Chris writes, making it more portable via digital option world be great. I do have one other criticism content-wise. Chris trusts his readers. There are times when he leaves clues about a major event in a character's life and doesn't expressly tell us what happened. But there were places where I would have loved a bit more exposition. There are a few characters where the story ends somewhat abruptly and I was sure that he was going to get back to them, but he never did. Because the book doesn't have page numbers and because of the material that the pages are made from, it's sometimes hard to tell if maybe you skipped a page that was stuck together with another page. I didn't want to miss anything and occasionally this led to a bit of frustration but a very small annoyance. The way the book ends gives us the impression that the story isn't over. But I know how long these books must be to plan and write and illustrate. But they are food for our soul and I can't wait to read the next one. Review: Great - 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 happens to each of the characters throughout their entire lives, but is scattered about its presentation. In the first few segments all of the character’s lives intersect together at a Catholic school in near-rural Nebraska. After these initial stories introducing the characters, the story focuses on individual characters using that time period of the late 1970s as a pivot. Unfortunately, the titular character Rusty Brown, fades out of the action after the first story. The action then focuses on his father and his failed writing aspirations, mostly due to fear of rejection. Jordan Lint, a boy we see bullying the titular Rusty Brown and his tumultuous life. Whether he was a good or bad man remains up in the air. I have the feeling a lot was left out of the tale. Finally, we see the life - or part of it, there’s gotta be more - of Rusty’s third grade teacher, Joanna Cole, and her lonely life in snow-bound Nebraska. The stories here are good. Damn good. Mixed with equal parts nostalgia and despair. These aren’t triumphs of the human spirit, but they are undeniably human. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #99,947 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #53 in Dystopian Graphic Novels #103 in Literary Graphic Novels (Books) #1,004 in Fiction Satire | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 898 Reviews | ## Images ![Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/819ASRyfpeL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rusty Brown captures the beauty in life's pain *by D***T on October 4, 2019* Chris Ware has done it again. This is an amazing graphical novel. I wish it was offered in digital form because it would make it easier to read repeatedly on my iPad. Without giving anything away, Chris illustrates the stories of, I believe, four main characters. The characters are all incredibly human and flawed but somehow even for the most flawed of characters, Chris captures the essence of what led to their pain. These aren't easy stories to read. There is so much pain and despair here and almost all of it unresolved. But I think that's what I love about his work. It's genuine and it makes you feel something. It makes you want to go out and live a better life. I have purchased just about all of the Acme Library books and I love Jimmy Corrigan. I think Jimmy Corrigan is still my favorite book because it feels like a much more complete journey. But books like Rusty Brown are significantly more challenging and they show an evolution in Chris's work. My criticisms of the book are minor. As mentioned, I'd love to read this on an iPad. There are several places where the detail in the images is so rich but so small and I've used my phone to take a photo and tried to zoom in to make out the very small text in some places. I'm sure this is done for effect. The text is small because it's background chatter. Or in some cases it's probably not meant to be read. But nonetheless, I'd like to zoom in. Also the book is huge and while I'd read anything Chris writes, making it more portable via digital option world be great. I do have one other criticism content-wise. Chris trusts his readers. There are times when he leaves clues about a major event in a character's life and doesn't expressly tell us what happened. But there were places where I would have loved a bit more exposition. There are a few characters where the story ends somewhat abruptly and I was sure that he was going to get back to them, but he never did. Because the book doesn't have page numbers and because of the material that the pages are made from, it's sometimes hard to tell if maybe you skipped a page that was stuck together with another page. I didn't want to miss anything and occasionally this led to a bit of frustration but a very small annoyance. The way the book ends gives us the impression that the story isn't over. But I know how long these books must be to plan and write and illustrate. But they are food for our soul and I can't wait to read the next one. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great *by D***Y on December 14, 2020* 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 happens to each of the characters throughout their entire lives, but is scattered about its presentation. In the first few segments all of the character’s lives intersect together at a Catholic school in near-rural Nebraska. After these initial stories introducing the characters, the story focuses on individual characters using that time period of the late 1970s as a pivot. Unfortunately, the titular character Rusty Brown, fades out of the action after the first story. The action then focuses on his father and his failed writing aspirations, mostly due to fear of rejection. Jordan Lint, a boy we see bullying the titular Rusty Brown and his tumultuous life. Whether he was a good or bad man remains up in the air. I have the feeling a lot was left out of the tale. Finally, we see the life - or part of it, there’s gotta be more - of Rusty’s third grade teacher, Joanna Cole, and her lonely life in snow-bound Nebraska. The stories here are good. Damn good. Mixed with equal parts nostalgia and despair. These aren’t triumphs of the human spirit, but they are undeniably human. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible. An important work of Art, Sure to be a collectors item. *by J***D on March 8, 2024* Incredible. Innovative. Breathtakingly beautiful. An important work of Art, Sure to be a collectors item. At $20 there is no excuse for not buying this if you are interested in art or middle American culture from 1950 to 2020. I don't write product reviews. I feel obligated to post. I am basically a Vulcan, but this book was so authentic and so tragic I almost got misty more than once. Don't take my word for it. 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