Ware, Chris
Currently alive, at 40 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Artists, Cartoonists, Novelists
1967 – Franklin Christenson Ware was born on the 28th day of December this year in Omaha, Nebraska.
1980 – His earliest published strips appeared in the late 1980s on the comic’s page of The Daily Texan, the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin.
1988 – He also had a weekly satirical science fiction serial in the paper titled Floyd Farland: Citizen of the Future. This was eventually published in this year.
1999 – Over the years, his work garnered several awards, including the 1999 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book for Acme Novelty Library.
2001 – His novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth won the 2001 Guardian First Book Award, the first time a graphic novel has won a major United Kingdom book award.
2003 – It also won the prize for best album at this year Angoulème comic book festival in France.]
2005 – He recently finished work on "Building Stories," which first appeared as a monthly strip in Nest Magazine. Building Stories appeared weekly in the NYT Magazine from September 18 of this year until April 2006.
2006 – He resides in Oak Park, Illinois as of this year.
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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Paperback - Apr 29, 2003) This first book from Chicago author Chris Ware is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally-impaired "everyman" (Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth), who is provided, at age 36,...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Candide: Or, Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Francois Voltaire (Paperback - Oct 25, 2005) One of Western literatures most glorious and incisive satiresnow in a brilliant new translation with a bold new cover by Chris WareWith its vibrant new translation, perceptive introduction, and...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty Library) by Chris Ware (Hardcover - Dec 10, 2007) In keeping with his athletic goal of issuing a volume of his occasionally lauded ACME series once every new autumn, volume 18 finds cartoonist Chris Ware abandoning the engaging serialization of... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Best American Comics 2007 (The Best American Series (TM)) (Hardcover - Oct 10, 2007) Guest editor Chris Ware and series editor Anne Elizabeth Moore have sought out the best stories to create this cutting-edge collection. Contributors include Lynda Barry, R. and Aline Crumb, Kim...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware (Hardcover - Sep 20, 2005) Utterly eschewing the general bonhomie surrounding the newly-minted contemporary regard for the comic strip medium as a language of complicated personal expression and artistic sophistication, ... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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McSweeney's Issue 13 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern) (Hardcover - May 14, 2004) McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13 is all comics. It is edited by Chris Ware (author of Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth), and features so many artists to know and love: R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman,... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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