Loss as Life in Building Stories
Loss means a lot of things in Building Stories, and, in keeping with the text’s complexity, loss is something that Ware’s characters dread, fight against, and fear, yet also something that they occasionally desire.
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The Power of Galactus
Eurocomics legend Fabrice Neaud abandons the autobiographical form … to emulate John Byrne?!
“I Hoped That the Book Would Just Be Fun”: A Brief Interview with Chris Ware
The creator of Building Stories talks to us about boxes, architecture, parents, and iPhones.
Building Stories: Stories about Art and Buildings, and Growing Up
As I unboxed Building Stories, sitting on the floor and slowly spreading out its wondrous contents, my first thought was of Marcel Duchamp’s Box in a Valise, his “portable museum”.
Marvel’s Bottom Line
In this excerpt from Sean Howe’s Marvel Comics: The Untold Story we’re brought into Marvel in 1992, buzzing with marketing changes, sales figures and the just-departed Image artists.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/10/12 – Found Art)
Down ‘n dirty Chris Ware chat from the front lines of the comics store, where OH SO MANY THINGS are due.
The God of Small Things
In Building Stories, the game and the book-as-object are the frameworks through which a multilayered, intricate web of stories and relationships emerge.
From The People Who Normalized Obesity, We Bring You
Osamu Tezuka and Jason Aaron and mission statements. And a special guest turn from Joe McCulloch.
Mark Siegel: Part Five
The editor becomes the edited.
The New York Art Book Fair 2012 At PS1
A visit to the NY Art Book Fair complete with people watching, nostalgia and horse meat.
Mark Siegel: Part Four
New pages just arrived from Paul Pope—we all gather around the scanning station and drool.
Becoming Percy Crosby
An excerpt from Jared Gardner’s biography of Skippy’s Percy Crosby.
Mark Siegel: Part Three
The morning continues.
Mark Siegel: Part Two
A day at First Second.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/3/12 – A relaxing post among friends.)
Wow! Movie reviews, books that probably won’t show up, pictures…secrets! Everyone dive in!!
