Chris Ware in "Chicago" - Season 8 | Art21

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Chris Ware, from the "Chicago" episode in the ninth season of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series.
"Chicago " premiered in September 2016 on PBS. Watch now on PBS and the PBS Video app: www.pbs.org/video/art-21-chic...
Chris Ware, known for his New Yorker magazine covers, is hailed as a master of the comic art form. Ware’s complex graphic novels, which tell stories about people in suburban midwestern neighborhoods, poignantly reflect on the role of memory in constructing identity. Stories featuring many of Ware’s protagonists-Quimby the Mouse, Rusty Brown, and Jimmy Corrigan-often first appear in serialized form, in publications such as “The New York Times,” the “Guardian,” or Ware’s own ongoing comic book series “Acme Novelty Library,” before being organized into their own stand-alone books.
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CREDITS | Executive Producer: Eve Moros Ortega. Host: Claire Danes. Director: Stanley Nelson. Producer & Production Manager: Nick Ravich. Editor: Aljernon Tunsil. Art21 Executive Director: Tina Kukielski. Curator: Wesley Miller. Associate Producer: Ian Forster. Structure Consultant: Véronique Bernard. Director of Photography: Keith Walker. Additional Photography: Don Argott, Brian Ashby, Steve Delahoyde, Jeremy Dulac, Damon Hennessey, Sam Henriques, Ben Kolak, Christoph Lerch, Stephan Mazurek, Andrew Miller, Christopher Morrison, Leslie Morrison, Murat Ötünç, Logan Siegel, Stephen Smith, & Jamin Townsley. Assistant Camera: Kyle Adcock, Joe Buhnerkempe, Alex Klein, Ian McAvoy, Sean Prange, & Liz Sung. Sound: Sean Demers, Alex Inglizian, Hayden Jackson, İlkin Kitapçı, Joe Leo, Matt Mayer, John Murphy, Richard K. Pooler, & Grant Tye. Production Assistant: Hamid Bendaas, Emmanuel Camacho, Chad Fisher, Elliot Rosen, Stanley Sievers, Chris Thurston, & Steven Walsh.
Title/Motion Design: Afternoon Inc. Composer: Joel Pickard. Online Editor: Don Wyllie. Re-Recording Mix: Tony Pipitone. Sound Edit: Neil Cedar & Jay Fisher. Artwork Animation: Anita H.M. Yu. Assistant Editor: Maria Habib, Leana Siochi, Christina Stiles, & Bahron Thomas.
Host Introduction | Creative Consultant: Tucker Gates. Director of Photography: Pete Konczal. Second Camera: Jon Cooper. Key Grip: Chris Wiesehahn. Gaffer: Jesse Newton. First Assistant Camera: Sara Boardman & Shane Duckworth. Sound: James Tate. Set Dresser: Jess Coles. Hair: Peter Butler. Makeup: Matin. Production Assistant: Agatha Lewandowski & Melanie McLean. Editor: Ilya Chaiken.
Artworks Courtesy of: Nick Cave; Theaster Gates; Barbara Kasten; Chris Ware; BAM Hamm Archives; Bortolami Gallery; Cranbrook Art Museum; Margaret Jenkins Dance Company; The New Yorker magazine and Condé Nast; James Prinz Photography; Jack Shainman Gallery; Sara Linnie Slocum; Chris Strong Photography; & White Cube. Acquired Photography: Sara Pooley; The Art Channel/Bobbin Productions; & University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach.
Special Thanks: The Art21 Board of Trustees; 900/910 Lake Shore Drive Condominium Association; Michael Aglion; Ellen Hartwell Alderman; Adam Baumgold Gallery; Naomi Beckwith; Biba Bell; Stefania Bortolami; Kate Bowen; Pat Casteel; Chicago Embassy Church; Coachman Antique Mall; Maria J. Coltharp; John Corbett; Department of Theatre & Dance, Wayne State University; Detroit School of Arts; Christina Faist; Bob Faust; Martina Feurstein; Julie Fracker; William Gill; Graham Foundation; Jen Grygiel; Sarah Herda; Jennon Bell Hoffmann; Sheree Hovsepian; Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania; Istanbul Biennial; Nicola Jeffs; Jenette Kahn; Jill Katz; Alex Klein; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Jon Lowe; Sheila Lynch; Mana Contemporary Chicago; Christine Messineo; Laura Mott; Deborah Payne; Bishop Ed Peecher; Lisa Pooler; Rebuild Foundation; Diana Salier; Tim Samuelson; Amy Schachman; Zeynep Seyhun; Keith Shapiro; Alexandra Small; Jacqueline Stewart; Hamza Walker; Clara Ware; Marnie Ware; & Steve Wylie.
Additional Art21 Staff: Maggie Albert; Lindsey Davis; Joe Fusaro; Jessica Hamlin; Jonathan Munar; Bruno Nouril; Pauline Noyes; Kerri Schlottman; & Diane Vivona.
Public Relations: Cultural Counsel. Station Relations: De Shields Associates, Inc. Legal Counsel: Albert Gottesman.
Dedicated To: Susan Sollins, Art21 Founder.
Major support for Season 8 is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, Lambent Foundation, Agnes Gund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.
©2016 Art21, Inc.
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[@nevilleattkins586]

A Chirs Ware book is like a present you don't feel worthy to receive.

[@justingoers]

Chris Ware is a genius. So glad he's here on this earth.

[@DonTheMoron716]

It’s unbelievable how talented Chris Ware is.

[@josephantoniello349]

Chris Ware is an absolute master and this is one of the great profiles of his work.

[@taylorandrew9196]

I was gifted Building Stories one christmas and it's the best gift i think I ever received. Completely changed the way I consumed a story. A rare talent and a giant in comics

[@Jamesharveycomics]

Completely changed it in what way?

[@russell2165]

taylor, i was similarly fortunate as well. i received building stories from a friend who was decluttering and giving away her excess stuff. and now chris ware is one of my absolute favourite human beings.

[@gjr72]

I just finished Rusty Brown. I enjoyed every single page of it. It was very nice to see those pages when they were just blue pencil, and how they transformed into the actual page. I'm so grateful that we have artist like Chris Ware who provide this nourishment to our souls. Chapeau Maestro!

[@Metaphysicaljournal]

Chris Ware is one of those storytellers I feel like is such a treasure. His artwork is amazing and panel pacing/rhythm seems unparalleled. Stories are poignant and touching. I always recommend his comics to people.

[@user-fz8fp3lq2e]

An all around unbelievably talented man and also one of the nicest I've had the pleasure to meet. He deserves everything he has and so much more!! Congrats Chris. Your work still makes my heart sing. And your use of colour is second to none.

[@gokhanersan8561]

That is one steady hand.

[@Carl-ni1op]

I came across jimmy Corrigan wen I was in my 20s , I read it through multiple times, his art is a massive inspiration to me

[@kabulozoo3359]

Beautiful! I'm crying...🥰

[@markgrudzinski914]

This needs to be viewed by more people. I've known of Ware's work back when he was doing comics in The Chicago Reader. Amazing draftsman and storyteller. I lived in Chicago my entire life, then spent a few years in Oak Park before relocating to Minneapolis 4 years ago. I love the lack of sprawl and congestion in Minneapolis and really embrace that nature is close by, this video made me miss Chicago.

[@RLuxton]

This is such a well made piece on Chris Ware... criminally under viewed...

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

And too short!!!

[@lwazihlophe8955]

I am in complete agreement with you.😊

[@autofocus4556]

It’s only 12 days old. Chill.

[@matthewkopp2391]

I remember Chris Ware when I was in undergraduate school. I remember him selling an extraordinary box art comic piece made of wood, he sold for a mere $1000. I wish I had the means to buy it, it was really a great piece.

[@hughcards]

You at UT? I was there with him too. Lovely fellow.

[@jondowee]

Just bought a copy of Rusty Brown. Irresistible art.

[@the_joe_reynolds_foundation]

it's always the most amazing of artists who don't they ARE artists.

[@uk3dcom]

A strange calm came over me watching this video, I unintentionally became a fan of Chris's work some years ago and have collected ever since. His work gives me hope for books, comics and story telling, may they go on forever.

[@jx3gallery]

I see Chris around my town ( Oak Park ) once in awhile. Always friendly, such a Talent!

[@lukasbarwald986]

This was a perfect marriage of content, audio and video, all sharing the same style and so creating one perfect little movie. Thanks so much - and now please do it again and make it two hours long 😊

[@danielartist123]

Agree 100 percent!

[@1mrcomix8]

Brilliant, a word that is often used to describe Chris Ware’s stories and art, it’s really worth repeating: brilliant.

[@cha5]

I love Ware's work, Anything that he puts out I'll buy it. A man who can create something on the scale of Jimmy Corrigan and Building Stories is a true treasure.

[@Sad_bumper_sticker.]

I adore his work and always longed for being able to afford his books.

[@tres5533]

Oh my God! What a wonderful person!

[@danielartist123]

What a wonderful short documentary on Chris Ware!

[@LambentOrt]

Chris Ware!!! One of my favorite graphic novelists - his works are amazing!!!

[@unamor]

A genius.

[@lodgechant]

What a wonderful documentary. Thank you! With greetings from Cape Town.

[@luvaday]

I love this guy

[@graysimpson]

Great stuff. Chris Ware is a credit to the human race.

[@shanes5671]

Thank you so much for this beautiful peak inside his world! 🙏

[@douglasfink131]

His stuff is amazing

[@guyamado9855]

he DOES exists in flesh. Thanks for that, Art21. 😍🤩

[@fergal2424]

absolutely beautiful

[@girlishgrrl]

Being an artist is much less glamours than we think!

[@DJCoffman]

An incredible master cartoonist and storyteller.

[@deoclicianookssipinvieira5858]

Beautiful work!

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Absolutely brilliant and unique artist. Total respect.

[@XAVIERCUERVO]

we love your art please keep doing it

[@evilldead6824]

I love the honesty about how the 40 hours are used to finish a page. Its what most people who don't created art don't understand why it takes so long to make something the artist is happy with LOL

[@coyharlingen]

one of the best to ever do it. So much awe for chris ware's art

[@colleenmulrooney]

Absolutely loved this! What a beautiful piece 😻

[@loklobo]

thank you for this

[@hugomartinsphoto]

This was fantastic!

[@mayormccheese6171]

It's funny. I used to watch these videos envious of the artists' skills, but these days I think "wow. He's got his own place! So lucky!"

[@posthocprior]

This is beautiful. Thanks for making this.

[@alarifejhfc]

Beautiful work! I always loved Chris Ware drawings and stories

[@terrencecoccoli524]

Pure genius

[@japhy6536]

so good. thank you

[@LilaCruz]

What a precious video

[@zlatko216]

Excellent art info ,thanx!🎨

[@coolmusicforcoolpeople]

what a cool guy

[@alejandroovalles4823]

His drawings are so perfect that looks like vectors

[@rinoceronte3000]

Love it

[@ibec69]

Beautiful composition, beautiful colours, beautiful emotions and everything. How does one get one of the original drawings as a printed poster?

[@marcgenevey]

I admire this man beyong words

[@zackcahill7966]

There’s something incredibly aesthetically pleasing about non photo blue under ink

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

8:20 ... when I was a kid in the '60's the Sunday comics were a treasure trove of stories!! STORIES!! I couldn't wait from week to week to see what was going to happen in Gas Alley, Steve Canyon (I had a crush on Poteet Canyon!), Dick Tracy (the best story arcs involved Moon Maid, Magnetic Space Coupe, murders on the Moon etc!!), Apt 3G, Mary Worth, etc. Even years later before Lynn Johnsonn was wrapping up For Better Or Worse it was interesting to read about the kids growing into adults. Today the Sunday comics are largely abysmal, recycled jokes... Garfield should have been killed with an ice pick to the head decades ago (R Crumb fans will get the reference) and the hack that does Close To Home should never have been allowed near pen and paper (anybody who saw the genius of The Far Side and said "hey, that looks easy, I could do that!" should be slapped upside the head and told, "No! It's not and you can't!")... I love his work and respect his perseverance in doing it amidst the doubt and worry, but I find it hard to read, visually hard to read! The panels are sometimes so small and dense I need a magnifying glass to get through it... bittersweet, I love it and I hate it it!!

[@siddhantparwani4886]

I wish he would know that I haven’t indeed taken 3-4 hours to read rusty brown, I stare at each page for hours because they’re works of art themselves, and haven’t finished it in a year of owning it because I want to the best I can

[@peko1967]

Such a genius.

[@DanielleA2023]

We owe Gary Groth and Kim Thompson and Fantagraphics BIGTIME

[@tedsmart5539]

I wish all my Jimmy Corrigan comics and ephemera had a box...

[@EddyTheChump]

Each page takes 40 hours - "A lot of that is me walking around hating myself..." - I've never liked someone so fast in my entire life

[@markrodeo420]

We need new Ware

[@davidmayhew8083]

Yum!!!

[@jamescoats5944]

Anyone know what brush is he using to ink with?

[@Kelly-lx3ji]

…this is identical to his original art21 interview…like nearly word for word

[@ibrfusion]

I always thought that Chris's cartoons are illustrated not paper ones. This is unbelievable!

[@SCULPTURAMAplus]

I loved this episode. You also said Charles Shultz not Schulz. That my friend is a Mandela Effect. Welcome to the madhouse.

[@caiobernspereira]

11:35 baaaaaaars

[@larietournelle7904]

In france we say petit bourgeois

[@gothicgorey]

What black dip ink is that in the pot?

[@richardsreviews8820]

I tried reading Jimmy Corrigan. It was very creative and very powerful but far too bleak and depressing for me, so I didn’t finish it. Do people recommend any other of his works to me?

[@ibrfusion]

You never revealed how you make microscopic panels.

[@Dolus_Joli]

I guess to him they are not microscopic because he works in large panels

[@ibrfusion]

@@Dolus_Joli *microscopic.

[@Jamesharveycomics]

Pretty sure he just draws them at a fairly regular size and shrinks them to the desired scale in photoshop

[@ottoakin5920]

He draws on 3 feet and prints on 6 inches hahaha

[@luc7937]

He looks like him

[@ersimn]

3:40 me

[@arp4709]

Qué mal rollo da que este vídeo solo esté subtitulado en inglés y ruso... 😶‍🌫

[@MonteBellweather]

Nerd Alert!

[@thomasdegroff9378]

Big head

[@superdeluxesmell]

A truly boring man.

[@colleenmulrooney]

Absolutely loved this! What a beautiful piece 😻

[@colleenmulrooney]

Absolutely loved this! What a beautiful piece 😻