Chris Ware: This American Life animation

Posted by David Pescovitz, May 14, 2008 1:16 PM | permalink

Here's another fantastic animation that comix master Chris Ware created for This American Life. This piece tells the story of a couple's encounter (or not) with Jackie Onassis. Link

Previously on BB:
• Chris Ware animation for This American Life TV show Link

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#1 posted by mesrop , May 14, 2008 1:33 PM

Taymar??? or Tamar... is she Armenian?

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#2 posted by hokano , May 14, 2008 2:12 PM

Wow! Ambulatory jazz-age snowman!

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#3 posted by Fart Sandwich , May 14, 2008 2:26 PM

I live in Chicago, and a little after I moved into my current place, I learned that Chris Ware had lived in an apartment above me, but he had moved out shortly before I moved in.

I had no idea who that was, but living in the hipster neighborhood of Chicago, I learned pretty quick.

I know that was totally random, but I feel at least a little connection to somebody I've never met, that just so happens to be on BoingBoing today.

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#4 posted by Fart Sandwich , May 14, 2008 2:32 PM

By the way, the animation was awesome.

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#5 posted by the_Bird , May 14, 2008 2:34 PM

Very cool animation, but unneccesary. One of the real beauties of TAL is how easy it is to visualize the stories being told; seeing it literally drawn out is almost redundant.

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#6 posted by Stefan Jones

, May 14, 2008 2:34 PM

#3: It would have been even cooler if he had left behind a bizarre hand-assembled wood vending machine in the laundry room that sold detergent packaged in boxes decorated with elaborate calligraphy and cheeky ad copy.

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#7 posted by guanoboy , May 14, 2008 6:26 PM

That's not just any couple, it's Robert Krulwich of Radiolab fame and his wife, Tamar Lewin, who is a reporter for the New York Times. Robert's also a well known news reporter...check out his bio at:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/bios.html

and her stories at:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/tamar_lewin/index.html

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#8 posted by tastypopsicle , May 14, 2008 8:45 PM

+1 for the "Marriage Jury". Oh I laughed and laughed and laughed because it's true.

Animation and story: I enjoyed it very much.

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#9 posted by ZippySpincycle , May 14, 2008 10:34 PM

I've been a fan of Chris Ware since forever, but damned if I can force myself to appreciate his most recent circle-obsessed style.

Sigh...Sometimes I think I just might not be a hipster after all.

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