Chris Ware

by Daniel Raeburn

Book Overview

As one of today's most renowned cartoonists, Chris Ware is widely considered an artist of genius. Combining innovative comic book art, hand lettering, and graphic design, Ware's uniquely appealing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300102917
• ISBN13: 9780300102918
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A Must for Chris Ware fans!

This monograph was chock full of finely reproduced Ware art not just stuff from his comics, including some photos of his sculptures I had not seen before. The copy the author included as a comentary on the art helped translate the pathos of Chis Ware's art. I think you will enjoy this monograph if you are a Chis Ware enthusist or just a casual fan.

Elevating the Medium

This book focuses on the evolution of comics, where Chris Ware fits into that evolution, and especially Ware's proficiency as a graphic designer. Working with a medium still ignored by most and cast off as a childish one, Raeburn gives us a view of Chris Ware's work from a professional design standpoint, and proves that it is well-deserving of such an analysis.