Virtuoso Chris Ware (b. 1967) has achieved some noteworthy firsts
for comics. The Guardian First Book Award for Jimmy Corrigan: The
Smartest Kid on Earth was the first major UK literary prize awarded
for a graphic novel. In 2002 Ware was the first cartoonist included
in the Whitney Biennial. Like Art Spiegelman or Alison Bechdel,
Ware thus stands out as an important crossover artist who has made
the wider public aware of comics as literature. His regular New
Yorker covers give him a central place in our national cultural
conversation. Since the earliest issues of ACME Novelty Library in
the 1990s, cartoonist peers have acclaimed Ware's distinctive,
meticulous visual style and technical innovations to the medium.
Ware also remains a literary author of the highest caliber,
spending many years to create thematically complex graphic
masterworks such as Building Stories and the ongoing Rusty Brown.
Editor Jean Braithwaite compiles interviews displaying both Ware's
erudition and his quirky self-deprecation. They span Ware's career
from 1993 to 2015, creating a time-lapse portrait of the artist as
he matures. Several of the earliest talks are reprinted from zines
now extremely difficult to locate. Braithwaite has selected the
best broadcasts and podcasts featuring the interview-shy Ware for
this volume, including new transcriptions. An interview with Marnie
Ware from 2000 makes for a delightful change of pace, as she offers
a generous, supremely lucid attitude toward her husband and his
work. Candidly and humorously, she considers married life with a
genius in the house. Brand-new interviews with both Chris and
Marnie Ware conclude the volume.
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