Chris Ware

David M. Ball (Dickinson College)

Ed. by Christopher Hugh Gair, University of Glasgow
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 28 Dec 1967
Activity 1990-ongoing

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Genres and Modes

Graphic / Comic

Activities

Primary

Cartoonist
Writer / Author

Resources

With the possible exception of Art Spiegelman, no other author of graphic novels has received the acclaim or recognition given to Chris Ware. Author of Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (2000) and over 20 volumes of the serialized The ACME Novelty Library (1993-present), Ware has emerged at the forefront of a generation of comics artists who are garnering the attention of both literary scholars and the wider reading public. Appearing in literary and comics anthologies, having won every major award in the comics industry multiple times, and with two major book-length works nearing completion, Ware stands to become one of the most consequential authors of his generation of American writers, both in the medium of …

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Citation: Ball, David M.. "Chris Ware". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 August 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12910, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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