Editing Chris Ware (section)

{{short description|American artist}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| image         = File:Chris Ware 2019 Texas Book Festival.jpg
| caption       = Ware at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
| birth_name    = Franklin Christenson Ware
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1967|12|28}}
| birth_place   = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S.  
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| death_place   = 
| cartoonist    = y
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| signature     = <!-- very optional -->
| notable works = {{flatlist|1=
* ''[[Acme Novelty Library]]''
* ''[[Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth|Jimmy Corrigan]]''
* ''[[Building Stories]]''
* ''Monograph''
}}
| awards        = [[Eisner Award]]: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013<br />
[[Harvey Award]]: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013<br />
[[National Cartoonists Society]] Award: 1999, 2013<br />
[[Guardian First Book Award]]: 2001<br />
USA Hoi Fellow grant, 2006
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'''Franklin Christenson''' "'''Chris'''" '''Ware''' (born December 28, 1967)<ref>Ball, p. xiii</ref> is an American [[cartoonist]] known for his ''[[Acme Novelty Library]]'' series (begun 1994) and the graphic novels ''[[Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth]]'' (2000), ''[[Building Stories]]'' (2012) and ''[[Rusty Brown]]'' (2019). His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional torment and depression. He tends to use a vivid color palette and realistic, meticulous detail. His lettering and images are often elaborate and sometimes evoke the ragtime era or another early 20th-century American design style.

Ware often refers to himself in the publicity for his work in self-effacing, even withering tones. He is considered by some critics and fellow notable [[illustrators]] and writers, such as [[Dave Eggers]], to be among the best currently working in the medium; Canadian graphic-novelist [[Seth (cartoonist)|Seth]] has said, "Chris really changed the playing field. After him, a lot of [cartoonists] really started to scramble and go, 'Holy [expletive], I think I have to try harder.'"<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/185702/building-stories-by-chris-ware#praise | title= Building Stories: PRAISE & AWARDS| date=May 2012 | access-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref>