April 07, 2004

Acme Novelty Library Datebook

Chris Ware's cartoons have fascinated me for a decade. He has an extremely clean line, and his compositions are so painstakingly rendered it must take him weeks and weeks to do a single page. It's not surprising that he makes old fashioned penny arcade style contraptions -- he has the talent and the patience to create such mechanical marvels. This sketchbook of his work from the 80s and 90s is a treat, because it shows his looser, quicker studies and ideas. I am surprised he has so many different styles. The book itself is a work of Ware art.
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