Chris Ware

Chris Ware (b. 28/12/1967, USA), one of many artists whose work has appeared in Raw magazine, has drawn for many publications, including New City and the New York Times. He was inspired by Joost Swarte and other European "clear line" artists as well as the classical American newspaper comics. But Ware also has a lot of his own ideas. He is particularily famous for his 'Miniature Workings', do-it-yourself kits integrated in his comics, like his 'The Acme Novelty Library' Ware's collaboration with Fantagraphics Books led to his innovative series 'Acme Novelty Library', which featured reprints of Ware's older stuff and new work. Older characters like 'Quimby the Mouse' reappeared, and new ones were introduced, such as 'Rusty Brown'. The artist's critically acclaimed graphic novel 'Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth' was also first serialized in this collection, before being published in a book by Fantagraphics in 2000.