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You could call Chris Ware a graphic designer, he has certainly done much work in the field, though primarily he is a cartoonist; he is most known for his comics. Some of his trademarks are ornate text, strong lines, and a ton of detail, to the point where you might want a magnifying glass while reading one of his works. His style “reflects early 20th-century American styles of
cartooning and graphic design.” Sometimes it is the format of old newspaper comic strips, and other times like the old catalog pages of novelty toys and gags, and can have an almost “instruction manual” feeling. Chris was born in Omaha,
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Nebraska, in 1967, and currently lives in the Chicago area. His first strips began being published in the late 80s. He had a comic strip titled Floyd Farland: Citizen of the Future that was printed as a book in 1988, and led to him being contacted
by Timothy Leary, but he is now embarrassed by it and buys copies of it to destroy. His work was featured in a renowned comic anthology titled “RAW” when he was only
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a sophomore in college. He has done magazine covers, album covers, advertisements, murals, movie posters, almost anything that a graphic designer might
be commissioned to do. He has won multiple Eisner awards, as well as Harvey awards and more, for multiple books he has published, and was AMONG the first comics artist to be invited to exhibit at The Whitney. These days he also does more editorial work, involved in the designing, reprinting, and publishing of a few classic comic strips such as Gasoline Alley and Krazy Kat. He also has been a designer and editor of a McSweeney’s volume dedicated to comics.
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all artwork shown property of Chris Ware