The Comics of Chris Ware

The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinkingbrings 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 2001GuardianFirst Book Prize for the genre-definingJimmy 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 inThe ACME Novelty Libraryand his acclaimedJimmy Corrigan, to his most recent works-in-progress, "Building Stories" and "Rusty Brown."