Rusty Brown
Pantheon
Chris Ware
Articles
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.
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”.
“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.
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.
Chicago: Comics on the Make
“Comics: Philosophy & Practice” gathered seventeen luminaries of the medium to discuss what it all means.
One-Artist Anthology Comics
As if it weren’t enough that comics are the domain of the obsessive control freak, there is a cartooning sect that perfectly defines the creative mania responsible for some of our greatest works: the one-artist anthology. This is its history.
Bedlam and Baby: Parables of Creation in Jack Kirby and Chris Ware
A look at scenes of creation, drawing, and comics-making.
