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Building Stories #[j]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis oversized, boxed collection from Chris Ware assembles a range of printed materials—including booklets, broadsheets, and a board game—that together weave the interconnected lives of residents in a Chicago apartment building, with a focus on a lonely woman navigating memory, loss, and connection. Rather than a linear narrative, the set invites readers to explore its components in any order, reflecting Ware's meticulous, emotionally resonant storytelling and his signature intricate, architectural-style artwork. Originally published in 2012, it stands as an ambitious, multi-format work that challenges the conventions of the graphic novel medium.
In "Women Seeking Men—Before Winter Starts, 27, 5'7," 142 lbs.. reasonably attractive. Not a moviestar look alike...", Chris Ware crafts a quietly devastating portrait of isolation and anticipation through the eyes of a woman who places a personal ad and waits alone at a restaurant. With his signature detail and emotional precision, Ware traces her meticulous preparations and the hollow stillness of the empty seat across from her, all rendered in his distinctive, intricately layered style.
In this quiet, poignant slice of life from Building Stories, a woman named Jo places a straightforward personal ad—detailing her age, height, weight, and appearance—before braving the uncertain ritual of a first date. She arrives at the Corner Restaurant, dressed and hopeful, only to wait in silence as the evening passes and no one comes.
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↩ Reprints The Acme Novelty Library #16 (2005)
Reprinted in Building Stories #10, Building Stories #10
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