Building Stories #[d]

This oversized, slipcased collection from Pantheon gathers Chris Ware's acclaimed 'Building Stories' narrative, originally serialized across a variety of formats—including books, broadsheets, and pamphlets—into a single, boxed set. The work weaves together the interconnected lives of residents in a Chicago apartment building, exploring themes of memory, loneliness, and the passage of time through Ware's intricately detailed and emotionally resonant cartooning. Rather than a traditional sequential read, the collection's disparate components invite the reader to engage with the story in a nonlinear, almost sculptural manner, reflecting the fragmented nature of experience itself.