Quimby the mouse

Dense, detailed, heartbreaking on every damn page. This graphic novel/compilation takes a lot of patience, pretty good eyesight and a great propensity for teeny tiny boxes full of emotional plot development. Ware is single-handedly pushing American comic book storytelling to some other plane of exis Leggi tutto

Impossibile non restare ammirati dalle capacità grafiche di Ware: anzi più che ammirati, quasi annichiliti. Vignette che seguono complicatissime evoluzioni, storie grondanti emozioni narrate con personaggi che sono poco più di due macchie e due trattini, dettagli che assumono un peso immenso, episod Leggi tutto

There is some really good material in here. In particular, you get a glimpse into how his earlier work informs his later innovations in the art form, but you could learn about the history of his work from Monograph, which I’m only a little way into currently. There is a solid page of ads in here, an Leggi tutto

I have read this in bits and pieces over the last few years, but now took the time to read through this hardcover collection of Ware's college daze comix, which bear the unmistakable precision, OCD, sweet and sad thoughtfulness, sadness, and whimsy of much of Ware's work. Often very hard to read bec Leggi tutto

Ware è indubbiamente un maestro della graphic novel (e più in generale della forma narrativa). Il volume in questione - ottima edizione a cura di Oblomov - soffre un po' la frammentaria natura di raccolta, ma si riscatta pienamente nei contenuti, che come sempre sono in grado di riuscire a esprimere Leggi tutto

Quite possibly the darkest, depressing comic strip series ever. This collection is laid out superbly, and there little question as to Ware's talent, but the work teeters a line between madcap and morose. I don't know, like if a clown committed suicide maybe...

God, this is a hassle to read. All that turning and squinting and trying to keep the thing on your lap. Thankfully, this volume collects Ware's most innovative and exciting work and it is immediately clear that no matter how much labor goes into reading it, a lot more was put into making it.