Missed It: Jimbo’s Inferno by Gary Panter Wins 2007 American Book Award

I pulled this out for a news write-up yesterday and then somehow forgot about it in the crush of late-yesterday news, but the great Gary Panter, one of a half-dozen people working who can seriously vie for world's greatest living cartoonist honors, was a recipient of a 2007 American Book Award for his book Jimbo's Inferno. Publisher Fantagraphics notes that it's the first graphic novel from their company to take home one of these awards, given in general recognition of a work's literary value, since Joe Sacco's Palestine did so 11 years ago. It's also noted that the mid-'90s win did a lot for raising the profile of Sacco's work. Like much of what Panter has done, Jimbo's Inferno is a vastly under-appreciated work that would reward a second or third or fifth look, so let's hope that's in the cards.
 
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