Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they’re 100% personal.
Chris Ware Quotes
During my Austin years, I was drawing a regular strip for the University Of Texas newspaper, going to school, delivering blood, and trying to change my approach and "style" as much as I could, since I knew that I'd calcify as I got older.
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| Birth: | 28th December, 1967 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Cartoonist |
About
Chris Ware was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He is an American cartoonist, notable for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novels Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth and Building Stories. His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional torment and depression. His earliest published strips appeared in the late 1980s on the comics page of The Daily Texan, the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin. He was the editor of The Best American Comics 2007, the second installment devoted to comics in the Best American series.
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