Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in Oak Park, Illinois as of 2007.
Ware's art reflects early 20th century American styles of cartooning and graphic design, shifting through formats from traditional comic pane...
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Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in Oak Park, Illinois as of 2007.
Ware's art reflects early 20th century American styles of cartooning and graphic design, shifting through formats from traditional comic panels to faux advertisements to cut-out toys. Stylistic influences apparent in his work include advertising graphics from that same era; newspaper strip cartoonists Winsor McCay (Little Nemo in Slumberland) and Frank King (Gasoline Alley); Charles Schulz's post-WWII strip Peanuts, and the cover designs of ragtime-era sheet music. Ware has also spoken about finding inspiration in the work of artist Joseph Cornell.
Ware has said of his own style:
I arrived at my way of "working" as a way of visually approximating what I feel the tone of fiction to...
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