In the early 90s Chris Ware began publishing in the pages of Chicago alternative weekly New City the strip known as The Acme Novelty Library. This critically acclaimed strip, won several comics awards during the 1990s. From this strip emerged the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan – the Smartest Kid on Earth which received the Guardian First Book Award in 2001 and the American Book Award in 2000 and the prestigious French comics award “L’Alph Art” award in 2003.
Chris is one of America’s most respected popular artists and his work has appeared in many international art exhibits, and in 2002, at home in the Whitney Art Museum of New York.
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