Building stories

Franklin Christenson Ware, known as Chris Ware, is an American comic book writer. Since 1993 he has published the Acme Novelty Library, a series with an irregular format and periodicity. Jimmy Corrigan, his main work (1995-2000), has won him numerous awards in the English-speaking world (several Ignatz, Harved and Eisner awards, as well as an American Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award) as well as in the French-speaking world ("Prix du meilleur album" at the Angoulême Festival and the Prix de la critique).