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I can definitely say that of all my friends who I consider to be really great cartoonists, we're all trying to aim at basically the same thing, which is an ever closer representation of what it feels like to be alive.

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Chris Ware
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 28
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Omaha
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