Building stories / Chris Ware.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Edition: FourtheditionDescription: 14 volumes (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 8-56 cm + in box 41 x 28.5 x 4.5cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0375424334
- 9780375424335
- Apartment houses -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Apartment dwellers -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Dysfunctional families -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Man-woman relationships -- Comic books, strips, etc
- People with disabilities -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Loneliness -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- 741.5973 23
- PN6727.W285 B85 2012c
- Lynd Ward Prize for the Best Graphic Novel of the Year, 2013; Eisner Award, for Best Graphic Album: New, Best Writer/Artist, Best Letterer, and Best Publication Design, 2013; Harvey Award, Special Award for Excellence in Presentation, 2013.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Course reserves | |
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SL Book | City Campus City Campus Short Loan | 2Hr 741.5973 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A560064B |
Title from box cover.
"Additional drawings and lettering by Marnie Ware and Clara Ware"--Box lid.
"Portions of this work originally appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, The Manchester Guardian, nest, and The Chicago Reader"--Box lid.
Components consist of 14 discrete books, booklets, magazines, newspapers and pamphets contained in one box.
Untitled (board, 41 x 110 cm folded to 41 x 27 cm) -- My life ; An idea ; Their words ; This morning ; Those people ; That girl ; Her leg ; The day ; His face ; A feeling (hardcover, 31 cm) -- September 23rd, 2000 (hardcover, 24 cm) -- Branford : the best bee in the world (paperback, 20 cm) -- Disconnect (paperback, 31 cm) -- The daily bee (newspaper, 47 x 32 cm folded to 24 x 32 cm) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 46 x 33 cm folded to 23 x 33 cm) -- Untitled (paperback, 28 cm) -- Untitled (paperback, 28 cm) -- Untitled (booklet, 8 x 25 cm) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 9 x 72 cm folded to 9 x 18 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 9 x 72 cm folded to 9 x 18 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 56 x 41 cm folded to 28 x 41 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 56 x 41 cm folded to 28 x 41 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 56 x 41 cm folded to 28 x 41 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 56 x 41 cm folded to 28 x 41 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 56 x 41 cm folded to 28 x 41 cm.) -- Untitled (printed sheet, 56 x 41 cm folded to 28 x 41 cm).
Building stories presents an illustrated tale, told in various books and folded sheets, about the residents in a three-story Chicago apartment building. Characters include a lonely single woman, a couple who are growing to despise each other, and an elderly landlady.
Lynd Ward Prize for the Best Graphic Novel of the Year, 2013; Eisner Award, for Best Graphic Album: New, Best Writer/Artist, Best Letterer, and Best Publication Design, 2013; Harvey Award, Special Award for Excellence in Presentation, 2013.
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