The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking

By David M. Ball

Book Overview

The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking brings together contributions from established and emerging scholars about the comics of Chicago-based cartoonist Chris Ware (b. 1967). Both inside and outside academic circles, Ware's work is rapidly being distinguished as essential to the developing canon of the graphic novel. Winner of the 2001 Guardian First Book Prize for the genre-defining Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Ware has received numerous accolades from both the literary and comics establishment. This collection addresses the range of Ware's work from his earliest drawings in the 1990s in The ACME Novelty Library and his acclaimed Jimmy Corrigan, to his most recent works-in-progress, "Building Stories" and "Rusty Brown."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604734426
• ISBN13: 9781604734423
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.8" x 7.3"