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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 7:36 am    Post subject: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris Ware! Reply with quote

I sent him a letter recently on his speech at UCLA. I also inquired about buying some of his art (he said he wasnt selling any since "he didnt need to" at ucla). He's all around incredibly nice. Heres the card/Response he gave me. His handwritings smaller than the typed font in his books. thats tough to do.





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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 1:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

pretty cool!

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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 1:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

forgive me for asking this, but who is he?
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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 1:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

who cares? wrote:
forgive me for asking this, but who is he?


cartoonist that does most of his work for Fantagraphics. he does this really cool series called Acme Novelties. each book is uniquely designed. you can get one issue that is digest sized, and the one after that might be the size of an old Life magazine.

definately worth checking out.

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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 1:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

That's cool. I've always dug his stuff too. I ran into him in Holland once, and spoke with him briefly there.
And once on the phone too.

Bendis introduced me to his stuff about nine years ago. How was the talk he gave?
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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 1:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

Chris Ware is a genius.

If you don't know who Chris Ware is, you are missing out on one of the best sequential artists of our time. Some of his work is so incredibly concentrated on one page you almost stop reading the words and just look at the pages themselves and its composition; his work is nearly obsessive in his minute sketchings and his storytelling is nothing less than groundbreaking.

Do yourself a favor and buy any Acme Novelty Library issue, or buy Jimmy Corrigan. You'll never look at the comics medium the same way again.
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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 5:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

I am a huge mark for CHris Ware.

He is amazing.
thats awesome man.

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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 5:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

who cares? wrote:
forgive me for asking this, but who is he?


go check out jimmy corrigan ... one of the most amazing comics ever produced.

out of acme novelty library (not the jimmy collected edition):



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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 5:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

joe, that page always creeped me out. Jimmy is so pathetic in it...

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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 5:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

Jimmy Corrigan is maybe one of the saddest books I ever read. Read it. It's brilliant.
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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2004 6:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool News of the Day: Joe gets a postcard from Chris War Reply with quote

bcq031 wrote:
joe, that page always creeped me out. Jimmy is so pathetic in it...

bcq


youd be surprised how much chris ware looks like jimmy. its unbelievably depressing

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