Chris Ware

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

Nine Nation Animation

Anthologize Me!

Ivan Brunetti’s Penned-Up Energy

The prospect of turning 40 makes most people crankier. But this comic isn’t most people.

New Yorker establishes satellite office in Capitol Hill!

The prospect of turning 40 makes most people crankier. But this comic isn’t most people.

From Hell's Heart, I Litigate at Thee!

A sci-fi legend declares war on scrappy local publisher Fantagraphics. But in the battle of comix versus futurists, who's the bigger bully?

Saturday's Action

Fantasgraphics Store Opens, Mod Party, and a Crowd of Crafters.

This Week's Cartoons

David B., Shel Silverstein, Posy Simmonds, Jaime Hernandez, Bob Callahan, and Ho Che Anderson

Saved by the Beagle

A year ago, Seattle's Fantagraphics was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now it's in the black, thanks to good ol' Charlie Brown—and a pair of dogged believers who turned a cranky fanzine into the most widely respected comics publisher in America.

Fantagraphics' Top 10

A year ago, Seattle's Fantagraphics was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now it's in the black, thanks to good ol' Charlie Brown—and a pair of dogged believers who turned a cranky fanzine into the most widely respected comics publisher in America.

Class Clown

The newest in the "best" shorts competition falls short.

Days of our nights

The newest in the "best" shorts competition falls short.

Comic relief

Graphic literature gets its due on gallery walls.

New Balance

A publisher from the heyday of 'zine culture reemerges with the book-style