This American Life starts up on Showtime this Thursday, March 22nd, and one of the first four episodes features an entire segment animated by Chris Ware. If you haven't seen Ware's art before, then you've been missing out. He's been feature in The New York Times Magazine, was in the "Masters of American Comics" touring museum exhibit, and is an artist who really captures angst well. Whoever thought that would be considered a huge plus.You can watch Ware's This American Life segment here. I really enjoyed the way it captures the spirit and theme of the radio show. Give it a whirl and let us know what you think.
[Thanks, Mike]
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3-21-2007 @ 8:59PM
GhaleonQ said...
Must I turn in my animation/comic book/graphic novel geek badge for being unimpressed with the bulk of Ware's work?
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3-21-2007 @ 9:07PM
Will said...
#1 Yes. Please send it in immediately. It will be traded for ten pounds worth of Elfquest comics and one unknown Dark Knight comic book.
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3-21-2007 @ 11:12PM
erroneous_nick said...
I'm not familiar with either "This American Life" or Chris Ware, but I liked it. The animation was simplistic, but entertaining and appropriate to the narration. All in all, the 4+ minutes I spent watching the clip were fairly entertaining, but it would've been more entertaining with more interesting subject matter.
Still, I liked it!
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3-22-2007 @ 12:51AM
Danny Cohen said...
It was great!
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3-22-2007 @ 8:56AM
RSL said...
@ GhaleonQ: A. The fact that you have multiple names for such a badge proves that we'd have to wrest it from your cold, dead hands to remove it and B. it also explains why you might not like Ware's work. Heh. :)
I myself love it. There's something so wonderfully simple about it. Color me gauche but I'm not looking for the Steve Vai of cartooning. Chris Ware is fine with me.
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