Books Apr 22, 2010 at 2:44 pm

Everybody Knows That Chris Ware Is a Genius...

Paul Constant
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Paul,
I have the most sold issue of Granta magazine featuring his artwork on the cover. I've been subscribing to Granta for ten years. It is one of the coolest covers ever and the subject is "Chicago". Mr. Ware resides in Oak Park, IL (a cool suburb of Chicago) where I'm from.
lark on April 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM Report this
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The little Stocks 'n' Bonds Casino makes me wonder if anyone's ever made a Wall Street themed casino in Las Vegas.
Ben on April 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM Report this
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the little guantanamo, greece, mexico, and china were all amazing.
Cook on April 22, 2010 at 2:53 PM Report this
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This makes me love Chris Ware even more. It's a shame that the cover was rejected.
emilythehaikubot on April 22, 2010 at 3:01 PM Report this
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I bet the magazine's founding editors would have accepted this. A shame they're such sticks in the mud now.
Levislade on April 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM Report this
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Yep. Brilliant.
PTrig on April 22, 2010 at 3:08 PM Report this
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@2:

It's gotta be somewhere in that rat's warren of a casino floor at New York, New York...
COMTE on April 22, 2010 at 3:17 PM Report this
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Maybe they rejected it for misspelling "Cemetery", which seems like an un-Chris-Ware-like thing to do. Oops.
Fnarf on April 22, 2010 at 3:29 PM Report this
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TV networks won't allow Adbusters to buy airtime to promote Buy Nothing Day, much less pay them to make spots condemning Capitalism. not surprising.
Max Solomon on April 22, 2010 at 3:43 PM Report this
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@2, not a whole casino, but there is a "Wall Street Fever" slot machine: http://www.latestcasinobonuses.com/view/…
Fnarf on April 22, 2010 at 3:44 PM Report this
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#2 and #10 - I was just gonna say I'm sure I've seen Wall Street slots at one of the Spokane-area casinos.

That cover is pretty great.
Dougsf on April 22, 2010 at 3:49 PM Report this
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Great new book about Ware:

http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1292

Go buy at your local comic book store.
Chicago Fan on April 22, 2010 at 4:03 PM Report this
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@11: Really? Do you remember which casino?
TVDinner on April 22, 2010 at 4:30 PM Report this
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That's fantastic. I think my favorite part is the elephant tea kettle.
ly_yng on April 22, 2010 at 4:38 PM Report this
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@13 - Maybe the Couer d'Alene Casino? Forget where it was, exactly. It was on a reservation in Idaho, somewhere loosely between Spokane and St. John, WA, if you can imagine where that is.
Dougsf on April 22, 2010 at 6:26 PM Report this
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@15: Sadly, I can.
TVDinner on April 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM Report this
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Why don't you guys buy this cover for the Stranger?
RobotRevolution on April 26, 2010 at 8:23 AM Report this

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