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Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jan 29, 2018
Chris Ware talks about higher education, creating art as a Chicagoan, and making peace with self-doubt

In Monograph, the artist looks back on his life in comics.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Art Feature, Chris Ware, comics, Monograph, School of the Art Institute, art books, Rizzoli, Richard Keane, Bob Loescher, Jeanine Coupe-Ryding, Jim Nutt, Karl Wirsum, Andy Paczos, Ivan Brunetti, Frank King

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Jun 6, 2013
The Reader's guide to the Printers Row Lit Fest

Judy Blume, Art Spiegelman, D.T. Max, Haki Madhubuti, and more: Our critics pick favorites for the annual book blowout.
- By Jena Cutie, Aimee Levitt, Kate Schmidt, Julia Thiel, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Lit Feature, American Heritage Dictionary, Jenniffer Weigel, D.T. Max, New Yorker, Manus Carlsen, Helene Grimaud, Grant Achatz, David Foster Wallace, Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, Printers Row Journal, Judy Blume, mysteries, Art Spiegelman, Ivan Brunetti, comics, graphic novels, Columbia College, Printers Row, Printers Row Lit Fest, Sharon FIffer, Gillian Royes, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Jamie Freveletti, oral history, history, books, novels, Third World Press, Haki Madhubuti, Hot Doug's, Doug Sohn, Tavi Gevinson, bloggers, blogs, fashion, Alan Sepinwall, Slate, Grantland, Salon, Paste, television, writers, authors, Phil Rosenthal, The Wire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, HitFix, What's Alan Watching?

Blogs, Bleader May 17, 2012
Slideshow
Q&A: New Yorker art editor Francoise Mouly on New Yorker covers, Maurice Sendak, and more

New Yorker art editor Francoise Mouly: Artists—they're totally adorable
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Books, Things I Love, Arts, Visual Art, Francoise Mouly, New Yorker, Comics: Philosophy & Practice Conference, University of Chicago, cartoonists, Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, Ivan Brunetti, Charles Burns, Dan Clowes, R. Crumb, Phoebe Gloeckner, Justin Green, Ben Katchor, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Francoise Mouly, Gary Panter, Joe Sacco, Seth, Art Spiegelman, Carol Tyler, Chris Ware, Maurice Sendak, Nadja Spiegelman, TOON Books, Neil Gaiman, Jacques de Loustal, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire, Abrams, Slideshow

Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Jun 23, 2011
Culture Vultures: Celebrating Chicago

From parks to books to TV, our Vultures love this town
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: Culture Vultures, Iris Goldstein, Erin Gallagher, Patrycja Wierzba, Todd Frugia, Michael Renaud, Millennium Park, ARC Gallery, Society for Arts, ROOMS Gallery, The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson, The Winner, Wieslaw Saniewski, The Chicago Code, Pitchfork, Show 'n Tell Show, Cartooning, Philosophy and Practice, Ivan Brunetti

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2010
Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Anders Nilsen, and Chris Ware Talk Graphic Novels

"Partnership of the Picture and the Word": how the graphic novel is making its impact on the literary scene
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Lit & Lectures, Visual Art, Free Shit, Swag, Books, Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Anders Nilsen, Chris Ware, Graphic Novels, comics

Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2010
All-Star Comics Talk and a Hegewisch Pub Crawl

Two unusual and unusually good events this Wednesday, 4/5.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Visual Art, Free Shit, Food & Drink, Swag, Books, Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Anders Nilsen, Chris Ware, graphic novels, Hegewisch, Hegewisch Pub Crawl, Landmarks Illinois

Blogs, Bleader Feb 11, 2010
Video
This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable films in this week's Chicago Reader.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Fred Camper, Jacques Tati, Gene Siskel Film Center, Mon Oncle, Traffic Jacques Tati, Gone Rogue: An Iconoclastic Look at Church and State, Tom Palazzolo, Life As Lincoln, Ed M. Koziarski, Orgasm Inc., Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, Saint John of Las Vegas, Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Peter Dinklage, Sarah Silverman, Still Bill, Bill Withers, Valentine's Day Garry Marshall, Pretty Woman, The Wolfman, Benicio Del Toro, John Ford, The Searchers, Doc Films, Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, Singin' in the Rain, Hellzapoppin', Ivan Brunetti, John Badham, Saturday Night Fever, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Music Box, Casablanca, Bank of America Cinema, Frank Borzage, History Is Made at Night, Roberto Rossellini, Stromboli, Lars von Trier, Antichrist, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2008
Kramers Ergot and the DuSable Museum Literary Festival

Catch Chris Ware, Ivan Brunetti, and Anders Nilsen all in the same place--plus Timuel Black at the DuSable Museum.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Ivan Brunetti, Chris Ware, Anders Nilsen, Kramers Ergot

Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2008
The Art of the Comic Strip

Ivan Brunetti discusses the art of comics
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Comics, Ivan Brunetti

Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2007
From the files of Ivan Brunetti

An online archive of Ivan Brunetti's genially brutal comics.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Comics, Ivan Brunetti

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Chris Ware talks about higher education, creating art as a Chicagoan, and making peace with self-doubt

In Monograph, the artist looks back on his life in comics.

The Reader's guide to the Printers Row Lit Fest

Judy Blume, Art Spiegelman, D.T. Max, Haki Madhubuti, and more: Our critics pick favorites for the annual book blowout.

Slideshow
Q&A: New Yorker art editor Francoise Mouly on New Yorker covers, Maurice Sendak, and more

New Yorker art editor Francoise Mouly: Artists—they're totally adorable

Culture Vultures: Celebrating Chicago

From parks to books to TV, our Vultures love this town

Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Anders Nilsen, and Chris Ware Talk Graphic Novels

"Partnership of the Picture and the Word": how the graphic novel is making its impact on the literary scene

All-Star Comics Talk and a Hegewisch Pub Crawl

Two unusual and unusually good events this Wednesday, 4/5.

Video
This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable films in this week's Chicago Reader.

Kramers Ergot and the DuSable Museum Literary Festival

Catch Chris Ware, Ivan Brunetti, and Anders Nilsen all in the same place--plus Timuel Black at the DuSable Museum.

The Art of the Comic Strip

Ivan Brunetti discusses the art of comics

From the files of Ivan Brunetti

An online archive of Ivan Brunetti's genially brutal comics.

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In Monograph, the artist looks back on his life in comics.

Judy Blume, Art Spiegelman, D.T. Max, Haki Madhubuti, and more: Our critics pick favorites for the annual book blowout.

New Yorker art editor Francoise Mouly: Artists—they're totally adorable

From parks to books to TV, our Vultures love this town

"Partnership of the Picture and the Word": how the graphic novel is making its impact on the literary scene

Two unusual and unusually good events this Wednesday, 4/5.

New reviews and notable films in this week's Chicago Reader.

Catch Chris Ware, Ivan Brunetti, and Anders Nilsen all in the same place--plus Timuel Black at the DuSable Museum.

Ivan Brunetti discusses the art of comics

An online archive of Ivan Brunetti's genially brutal comics.

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