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Chris Ware : conversations, edited by Jean Braithwaite

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Editor
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Summary
  • Editor Jean Braithwaite compiles interviews displaying the comic author Chris Ware's erudition and his quirky self-deprecation. The interviews span Ware's career from 1993 to 2015, including several of the earliest talks reprinted from zines now extremely difficult to locate. The best broadcasts and podcasts featuring the interview-shy Ware, including new transcriptions
  • "Chris Ware 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."--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxix, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Of mice and men and cat heads too! : an interview with cartoonist Chris Ware / Dan Kelly
  • Chris Ware interview / Dylan Williams
  • Chris Ware : comics's acme / Peter Huestis
  • Chris Ware / Andrea Juno
  • Chris Ware of the ACME novelty library / Noel Tolentino
  • The smartest cartoonist on Eart / Dan Raeburn
  • Kiss and tell : living with Chris, Dan, Gilbert, and Adrian / Charles Brownstein
  • Superpowers : prologue / Ira Glass
  • Chris Ware / Keith Phipps
  • Glass/Ware : new media for writing American lives / Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing
  • On cartooning / Rebecca Bengal
  • Komiks.dk interview / Matthias Wivel
  • Chris Ware / Debbie Millman
  • Living writers series, Muhlenberg College / Alec Marsh
  • States pop quiz #26 : Chris Ware / Claire Marie Healy
  • Time-lapse conversation with Chris Ware / Jean Braithwaite
  • Some kind of mood : my conversation with Marnie Ware / Jean Braithwaite
  • Placing Ware in the literary canon / Jean Braithwaite
Isbn
9781496809292
Instance
Label
Chris Ware : conversations
Title
Chris Ware
Title remainder
conversations
Statement of responsibility
edited by Jean Braithwaite
Creator
Contributor
Editor
Interviewee
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Editor Jean Braithwaite compiles interviews displaying the comic author Chris Ware's erudition and his quirky self-deprecation. The interviews span Ware's career from 1993 to 2015, including several of the earliest talks reprinted from zines now extremely difficult to locate. The best broadcasts and podcasts featuring the interview-shy Ware, including new transcriptions
  • "Chris Ware 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."--Provided by publisher
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1967-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Ware, Chris
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1962-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Braithwaite, Jean
Series statement
Conversations with comic artists
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Ware, Chris
  • Ware, Chris
  • Ware, Chris
  • Cartoonists
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Cartoonists
  • United States
  • Cartoonist
  • Interview
  • USA
Label
Chris Ware : conversations, edited by Jean Braithwaite
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Of mice and men and cat heads too! : an interview with cartoonist Chris Ware / Dan Kelly -- Chris Ware interview / Dylan Williams -- Chris Ware : comics's acme / Peter Huestis -- Chris Ware / Andrea Juno -- Chris Ware of the ACME novelty library / Noel Tolentino -- The smartest cartoonist on Eart / Dan Raeburn -- Kiss and tell : living with Chris, Dan, Gilbert, and Adrian / Charles Brownstein -- Superpowers : prologue / Ira Glass -- Chris Ware / Keith Phipps -- Glass/Ware : new media for writing American lives / Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing -- On cartooning / Rebecca Bengal -- Komiks.dk interview / Matthias Wivel -- Chris Ware / Debbie Millman -- Living writers series, Muhlenberg College / Alec Marsh -- States pop quiz #26 : Chris Ware / Claire Marie Healy -- Time-lapse conversation with Chris Ware / Jean Braithwaite -- Some kind of mood : my conversation with Marnie Ware / Jean Braithwaite -- Placing Ware in the literary canon / Jean Braithwaite
Control code
948826448
Dimensions
27 cm.
Extent
xxix, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781496809292
Lccn
2016043627
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
40026720980
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)948826448
Label
Chris Ware : conversations, edited by Jean Braithwaite
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Of mice and men and cat heads too! : an interview with cartoonist Chris Ware / Dan Kelly -- Chris Ware interview / Dylan Williams -- Chris Ware : comics's acme / Peter Huestis -- Chris Ware / Andrea Juno -- Chris Ware of the ACME novelty library / Noel Tolentino -- The smartest cartoonist on Eart / Dan Raeburn -- Kiss and tell : living with Chris, Dan, Gilbert, and Adrian / Charles Brownstein -- Superpowers : prologue / Ira Glass -- Chris Ware / Keith Phipps -- Glass/Ware : new media for writing American lives / Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing -- On cartooning / Rebecca Bengal -- Komiks.dk interview / Matthias Wivel -- Chris Ware / Debbie Millman -- Living writers series, Muhlenberg College / Alec Marsh -- States pop quiz #26 : Chris Ware / Claire Marie Healy -- Time-lapse conversation with Chris Ware / Jean Braithwaite -- Some kind of mood : my conversation with Marnie Ware / Jean Braithwaite -- Placing Ware in the literary canon / Jean Braithwaite
Control code
948826448
Dimensions
27 cm.
Extent
xxix, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781496809292
Lccn
2016043627
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
40026720980
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)948826448

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