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Monograph by Chris Ware

Monograph by Chris Ware( )
Author: Ware, Chris
Preface by: Glass, Ira
Introduction by: Mouly, Françoise
Spiegelman, Art
ISBN:978-0-8478-6088-3
Publication Date:Nov 2017
Publisher:Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $125.00
Book Description:

For the first time in his twenty-five-year career, multi-award winning cartoonist and graphic novelist Chris Ware presents a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes autobiographical visual monograph, and opens a revealing window into the worlds he inhabits. Similar to Chip Kidd Book One and Shepard Fairey Covert to Overt, this book serves as a personal chronicle of a contemporary iconic illustrator, and is a must-have for those interested in illustration, graphic...
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Book Details
Pages:280
Detailed Subjects: Art / Techniques / Cartooning
Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies
Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):46.228 x 33.274 x 3.378 cm
Book Weight:3.83 Kilograms
Author Biography
Ware, Chris (Author)
Art Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden on February 15, 1948. He is the son of Polish Jews who survived imprisonment in Auschwitz. His family immigrated to the United States. He became a professional cartoonist at the age of 16. He studied art and philosophy at Harpur College.

He became a creative consultant, designer, and writer for Topps Chewing Gum, Inc., where he created Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids and other novelty items. The Complete Mr. Infinity was published in 1970 and won the Joel M. Cavior Award for Jewish Writing. In 1980, Spiegelman and his wife, Françoise Mouly founded the avant-garde comics magazine RAW. His best known work Maus: A Survivor's Tale, was published in 1986 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. His other works include Maus: A Survivor's Tale II, In the Shadow of No Towers, Breakdowns, Jack and the Box, Be a Nose, and The Ghosts of Ellis Island. MetaMaus won the 2011 National Jewish Book Award in the Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir category.

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