Comments on: Chris Ware winner VPRO Grand Prix 2008 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/09/chris-ware-winner-vpro-grand-prix-2008/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: The Cross Hatch Dispatch 6/9/08 « The Daily Cross Hatch http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/09/chris-ware-winner-vpro-grand-prix-2008/#comment-1729278 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:06:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/09/chris-ware-winner-vpro-grand-prix-2008/#comment-1729278 [...] More Chris Ware news! The artist brought home the VPRO Grand Prix, which basically means he’s a “world class comix artist.” [...] […] More Chris Ware news! The artist brought home the VPRO Grand Prix, which basically means he’s a “world class comix artist.” […]

]]> by: Katherine F. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/09/chris-ware-winner-vpro-grand-prix-2008/#comment-1721674 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:06:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/09/chris-ware-winner-vpro-grand-prix-2008/#comment-1721674 Aw, man... I don't want to say that Ware doesn't deserve this award, because he's obviously at the top of the field, but <i>Faire Semblant C'est Mentir</i> was just SO GOOD. I would have voted for Goblet. She's incredible, and unlike Ware she hasn't already been enshrined. But, on the other hand, this is <i>Chris Ware</i> we're talking about... and I've never even read any Urasawa, but I've never heard anything bad about him. Damn. This is why I don't believe in artistic awards: I can never really choose... Aw, man… I don’t want to say that Ware doesn’t deserve this award, because he’s obviously at the top of the field, but Faire Semblant C’est Mentir was just SO GOOD. I would have voted for Goblet. She’s incredible, and unlike Ware she hasn’t already been enshrined.

But, on the other hand, this is Chris Ware we’re talking about… and I’ve never even read any Urasawa, but I’ve never heard anything bad about him. Damn. This is why I don’t believe in artistic awards: I can never really choose…

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