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