Chris Ware
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Franklin Christenson Ware is an American cartoonist known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novels Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, Building Stories and Rusty Brown. His wo
Ware at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Ware in 2009
George Herriman
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George Joseph Herriman III was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat. More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among those in the arts. Gilbert S
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…early influence. Ware has cited American newspaper comic strips as a source of inspiration, particularly early cartoonists such as Winsor McCay and George Herriman, as well as later figures including Frank King and Charles M. Schulz. Ware attended the University of Texas at Austin, studying painting and printmaking…
The Herrimans attended St. Augustine Catholic Church in Tremé in New Orleans.
Herriman's earliest published works were humor and editorial cartoons. (September 7, 1906)
The cartoon staff at the New York Evening Journal (January 3, 1911) Top, from left: Gus Mager, Charles Wellington, Herriman Bottom, from left: Harry Hershfield, Ike Anderson, Tad Dorgan
Herriman was enamored with the impressive rock formations at Monument Valley in Arizona.