Thinking in Pictures

Many readers of Chris Ware explain that “their brain exploded” the first time they read his work. The author of Jimmy Corrigan doesn’t reinvent comic-book language, but he does squeeze out all its potential, moving his creative universe in multiple directions to capture the complexity of the world, the human condition and our times. Guided by Sergi Puyol, Cristina Daura, Nadia Hafid and Marc Torices, three comic-book artists and an illustrator, we take a look at Ware’s ways of seeing and drawing that have inspired them.