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Every city began as a campsite - pg. 25
Chris Ware
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Chris Ware
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 28
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Comics Artist
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Omaha
Nebraska
F. C. Ware
F. Chris Ware
Franklin Christenson Ware
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