{"product_id":"chris-ware-conversations-hardcover-1","title":"Chris Ware: Conversations - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Braithwaite\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth was the first major UK literary prize awarded for a graphic novel. In 2002 Ware was the first cartoonist included in the Whitney Biennial.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike Art Spiegelman or Alison Bechdel, Ware thus stands out as an important crossover artist who has made the wider public aware of comics as literature. His regular \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e covers give him a central place in our national cultural conversation. Since the earliest issues of \u003cem\u003eACME Novelty Library\u003c\/em\u003e in the 1990s, cartoonist peers have acclaimed Ware's distinctive, meticulous visual style and technical innovations to the medium. Ware also remains a literary author of the highest caliber, spending many years to create thematically complex graphic masterworks such as \u003cem\u003eBuilding Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and the ongoing \u003cem\u003eRusty Brown\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Braithwaite \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of English at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, where she teaches comics among other courses. Braithwaite is comics editor at \u003ci\u003eriverSedge: A Journal of Art and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. Her previous book was a literary memoir, \u003ci\u003eFAT: The Story of My Life with My Body\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has published in periodicals including the \u003ci\u003eSun\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHenry James Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184155705593,"sku":"9781496809292","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ODhhdWFUOXhCVUtvczN1RHBkTUx3dz09_229ecc21-3712-460c-be31-ebb9f4fbbae1.webp?v=1767787541","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/chris-ware-conversations-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}