NMLP P-004756 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth

Chris Ware · Pantheon Books · 2000

US true first of the collected work; won the 2001 Guardian First Book Award, the first graphic novel to take a major UK book prize. The underlying ACME Novelty Library issues (Fantagraphics, 1990s) are the serial first appearances. The Pantheon 2000 hardcover is the first collected book edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004756 for "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth" by Chris Ware (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004756, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).