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Building Stories All Sold Out From Amazon And Barnes And Noble Before Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Building Stories by Chris Ware is one of those perfect Christmas gifts for comic book readers. A collection of a variety of comics, newspapers, pamphlets that tell one story in many different ways, it is bound to top a number …

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Amazon’s Top Ten Graphic Novels Of 2012

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Amazon.com has run its list of the best graphic novels of 2012. Come on guys, there’s still a month and a half to go! Have you even read the new Grandville yet? The No 1 book, Building Stories by Chris …

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Nail Polish on a Prosthetic Leg: Searching for Hope and Understanding in Chris Ware’s Building Stories

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Matt Streets writes for Bleeding Cool; Editor’s Note: We asked Chicago based Matt Streets to give Bleeding Cool a first look at fellow Chicagoan Chris Ware’s Building Stories – due to hit retailers on October 2nd. After conveying to us …

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Why You Must Destroy Chris Ware’s Latest Print For November

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Chris Ware’s Building Stories from Pantheon is a much anticipated, massive comic dedicated to our city dwelling follies. Which is why I now have to also buy the cut-out-and-assemble version. And then do as it instructs. The Multi-Story Buliding Model – …

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Comics: Philosophy and Practice with Spiegelman, Crumb, Seth, Ware, Bechdel, Burn, Sacco And Friends

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool A different kind of comic con came to Chicago this past weekend as the University of Chicago hosted Comics: Philosophy and Practice, a three-day academic conference that hosted the biggest names in the history …

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Digital Delights – Peter Bishop Writes Fringe

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Rich Johnston

BishopDelight: Fringe is returning to American screens (and torrent lists everywhere else) this month. And Joshua Jackson, who plays Peter Bishop on the show, has written a comic book for DC, only being released digitally, for 99 cents… FacebookDelight: Graphic.Ly …

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Chimo by David Collier – The Asterios Polyp Of 2011?

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Chino is the first graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist David Collier and is an autobiographical account of his decision and experioence re-enlisting in the Canadian army and serving in Afghanistan. Chris Ware has been very kind about the book; “Chimo …

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The BBC Give Us Good Grief With The Story Of Peanuts

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Brendon Connelly

Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 yesterday morning, Good Grief: The Story of Peanuts is now available via the iPlayer – and, in theory at least, it’s accessible worldwide. A 30-minute audio documentary on Charles Schulz’s world-beating strip and, to a …

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