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The Acme Novelty Date-Book - Volume One: 1986-1995
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Acclaimed cartoonist Chris Ware reveals the outtakes of his genius in these intimate, imaginative, and whimsical sketches collected from the years during which he completed his award-winning graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Pantheon). His novel not only won the Manchester Guardian First Novel prize in 2001 but it has sold over 100,000 copies. This book is as much a companion volume to Jimmy Corrigan --one of the great crossover success stories-- as a tremendous art collection from of one of America's most interesting and popular graphic artist.
Chris Ware has a passion for drawing that is surprisingly wide-ranging in style and subject. This book surprises the reader on every page with its sense of spontaneous vision. Architectural drawings from Chicago and interplanetary robot comics collide with cruelly doodled human figures and quietly troubling studies of the still life. A must for people with a passion for modern design and old-fashioned style.
Chris Ware has a passion for drawing that is surprisingly wide-ranging in style and subject. This book surprises the reader on every page with its sense of spontaneous vision. Architectural drawings from Chicago and interplanetary robot comics collide with cruelly doodled human figures and quietly troubling studies of the still life. A must for people with a passion for modern design and old-fashioned style.
208 pages, Hardcover
First published August 15,2003
This edition
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208 pages, Hardcover
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August 1, 2003 by Drawn and Quarterly
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9781896597669
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1896597661
- Language
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English
About the author
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Franklin Christenson ('Chris') Ware is a cartoonist. His Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth won the Guardian First Book Award and was listed as one of the 100 Best Books of the Decade by the London Times in 2009. An irregular contributor to This American Life and The New Yorker (where some of the pages of this book first appeared) his original drawings have been exhibited in the Whitney Biennial, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and in piles behind his work table in Oak Park, Illinois.
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A different Ware. Must read for anyone interested in Ware's work.
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Find someone who loves you as much as Chris Ware hates himself.
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The first thing I noticed about this facsimile book is that the author's name only appears in very tiny letters on the back cover in "about the artist." This book is very personal, and not to have the author's name seems like an act of courage. When you see this book on a shelf in a bookstore, do you automatically know it is by Chris Ware?
This is a wonderfully revealing sketchbook. Another way of looking at how people think, especially when words are not adequate or appropriate. I wish my aged eyes were more keen at seeing tiny details, as I'm sure there is lot which was overlooked.
There was a moment of synchronicity in seeing a reference to filmmaker Dick Myers, and his film, "37-73." Probably one of those obscure note to most people, but fraught with meaning to me. And I especially appreciated the drawing of "Joseph Cornell just shortly before his death --this expression is IMPOSSIBLE to draw!"
The paper quality of this book should be noted. It is a pleasure to turn each page.
This is a wonderfully revealing sketchbook. Another way of looking at how people think, especially when words are not adequate or appropriate. I wish my aged eyes were more keen at seeing tiny details, as I'm sure there is lot which was overlooked.
There was a moment of synchronicity in seeing a reference to filmmaker Dick Myers, and his film, "37-73." Probably one of those obscure note to most people, but fraught with meaning to me. And I especially appreciated the drawing of "Joseph Cornell just shortly before his death --this expression is IMPOSSIBLE to draw!"
The paper quality of this book should be noted. It is a pleasure to turn each page.
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The Datebook collects many of Chris Ware's sketchpads. Don't go thinking you'll get much out of it, except that Chris Ware is a master of mediums. My mom opened Datebook up to a random page once and saw a man's penis. She's no graphic connoisseur, but if she can get something out of this book, then maybe you can too.
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Fans of the reclusive Chris Ware will rejoice at the visual wealth of information collected here. Datebook lays out the history of Ware's creative progression (ironically without dates) from the early days up to the design of the cover of Datebook itself. A personal sketchbook, it reveals the true talents of this acclaimed artist.
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My... that's an uncomfortable amount of masturbation. Literally.
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