Chris Ware





Chris Ware

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born
in Omaha, Nebraska, The United States
December 28, 1967

gender
male

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About this author

CHRIS WARE is widely acknowledged as the most gifted and beloved cartoonist of his generation by both his mother and seven-year-old daughter. His Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth won the Guardian First Book Award and was listed as one of the 100 Best Books of the Decade by the London Times in 2009. An irregular contributor to This American Life and The New Yorker (where some of the pages of this book first appeared) his original drawings have been exhibited in the Whitney Biennial, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and in piles behind his work table in Oak Park, Illinois.


Average rating: 4.14 · 25,107 ratings · 1,988 reviews · 38 distinct works · Similar authors
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartes...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 10,824 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions
Building Stories
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 1,905 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
The Acme Novelty Library
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 1,335 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
Quimby The Mouse
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 901 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
The Acme Novelty Library #20
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 707 ratings — published 2010
The Acme Novelty Library #16
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 709 ratings — published 2005
The Acme Novelty Library #18
4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 2007
The Acme Novelty Library #19
4.48 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
The Best American Comics 2007
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 2007
The Acme Novelty Library #17
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 530 ratings — published 2006
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October 2012, Chris Ware
"His Favorite Concept Books: The cartoonist shares his favorite books that come in unique packages, not unlike his new graphic boxed set, Building Stories." ...More

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“METAPHOR: A tightly fitting suit of metal, generally tin, which entirely encloses the wearer, both impeding free movement and preventing emotional expression and/or social contact.”
Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico más Listo del Mundo

“I guess we all make choices as to how we want to live, right?”
Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth

“One of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, ‘Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did.”
Chris Ware

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Which of these books would you like to be our 9th Group Read Discussion (September 2012)?

The winning pick will be our official 9th Group Read Discussion. The 2nd place finisher will have an optional discussion thread.

 
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Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday
 
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Tale of Sand by Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl and Ramon Pérez
 
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Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy HC by Tom Veitch, Cam Kennedy and Jim Baikie
 
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Midnight Nation by J. Michael Straczynski and Gary Frank
 
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Superior by Mark Millar, Leinil Francis Yu
 
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The Guild by Felicia Day, Jim Rugg and Dan Jackson
 
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Athos in America by Jason
 
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The Moon Moth by Jack Vance and Humayoun Ibrahim
 
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