{"product_id":"chris-ware-conversations-hardcover","title":"Chris Ware: Conversations - Hardcover","description":"\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67944442069215,"sku":"9781496809292","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/WO0EJy5JFh9781496809292.webp?v=1791474784","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/chris-ware-conversations-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}