Editing Chris Ware (section)

===Quimby the Mouse===
[[Quimby the Mouse]] was an early character for Ware and something of a breakthrough. Rendered in the style of an early animation character like [[Felix the Cat]], Quimby the Mouse is perhaps Ware's most autobiographical character. Quimby's relationship with a cat head named Sparky is by turns conflict-ridden and loving, and thus intended to reflect all human relationships. While Quimby exhibits mobility, Sparky remains immobile and helpless, subject to all the indignities Quimby visits upon him. Quimby also acts as a narrator for Ware's reminiscences of his youth, in particular his relationship with his grandmother. Sometimes illustrated as a two-headed mouse, Quimby embodies both Ware and his grandmother, and the duality of a young and old body. Quimby was presented in a series of smaller panels than most comics, almost providing the illusion of motion à la a [[zoetrope]]. In fact, Ware once designed a zoetrope to be cut out and constructed by the reader in order to watch a Quimby "[[silent movie]]". Ware's ingenuity is neatly shown in this willingness to break from the confines of the page.  Quimby the Mouse appears in the logo of a Chicago-based bookstore "[http://www.quimbys.com Quimby's]", although their shared name was originally a coincidence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quimbys.com/premise.php |title=Quimby's :: Mission |date=April 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061122153052/http://quimbys.com/premise.php |archive-date=22 November 2006 |url-status=live |access-date=29 March 2007 }}</ref>