50 Top 10 Lists of 2007

Top 10 Graphic Novels

#7. The Principles of Uncertainty
Written by Maira Kalman

Kalman makes paintings with words in and around them. The Principles of Uncertainty collects them into a book that might or might not be a graphic novel — maybe that's part of the uncertainty? — but which is definitely full of off-kilter wisdom and beautiful, lyrical frozen moments.

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