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Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is make it as clear as possible.
Chris Ware
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Chris Ware
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 28
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Omaha
Nebraska
F. C. Ware
F. Chris Ware
Franklin Christenson Ware
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