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I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures.
Chris Ware
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Chris Ware
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 28
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My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist.
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My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.
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Even the disappointing diffusion of a sheer curtain can suggest the most colorful bouquet of unspeakable secrets.
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I have a preponderance to look smug in photos something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners.
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Whereas in a memory you edit things out and sort of restructure the things to seem a little bit more heroic, or to focus on particular aspects that magnify or reduce certain things.
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No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or real art they simply think it's a bad cartoon.
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