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Chris Ware is the most technically demanding cartoonist working, and the thing new readers bounce off is not the sadness — it is the page. A Ware page can carry forty panels, diagrams, cut-out models, false advertisements and a schematic that has to be read radially rather than left-to-right, and there is no reliable convention telling you which.

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Chris Ware is the most technically demanding cartoonist working, and the thing new readers bounce off is not the sadness — it is the page. A Ware page can carry forty panels, diagrams, cut-out models, false advertisements and a schematic that has to be read radially rather than left-to-right, and there is no reliable convention telling you which.
What's a good book to start chris ware with?
A strong starting point is Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.

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