This has been the most complicated annoying and fascinating read I’ve seen in a long time.  While reading it I often reverted back to memories of the newspaper comics on sunday or comics like Tin Tin whose artwork reminded me of Jimmy’s.  I can say for certain that while the story is confusing with its flashbacks and daydreams and often surreal reality, the parts of the book I loved the most were the parts that wanted me to destroy the page and build children’s stories.  Different pages throughout that want you to cut and build and interact with items like quizzes spinners.  Even pages of panels with no words whose opposite side looks like real-estate advertisements.  The book makes me feel like it wants me to create my own childhood neighborhood, even going so far as to cut out and build 3D trees for it.  I especially love that the book recognizes itself as an interactive comic and places an ad on the back cover which is nothing more than the announcement of how much the book costs.

I can say the wordless panels in this novel often move me more than words could describe.  Its made me appreciate the power of the panel more than many of the other novels who seem to combine the powers of words and art to be equal Jimmy seems one sided towards the art side.  MAsterpiece or no masterpiece I am having fun disassembling the book and building paper objects, taking quizzes, and in general using the placed devices to become more involved with my reading.  is anyone else having fun with it?