Chris Ware: This American Life animation

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

• [Hyoscine]

  I like it! It’s nice to see Chris Ware doing something that isn’t absolutely harrowing.

• [ZippySpincycle]

  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.

• [mesrop]

  Taymar??? or Tamar… is she Armenian?

• [hokano]

  Wow! Ambulatory jazz-age snowman!

• [guanoboy]

  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

• [Fart Sandwich]

  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.

• [Fart Sandwich]

  By the way, the animation was awesome.

• [the_Bird]

  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.

• [Stefan Jones]

  #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.

• [tastypopsicle]

  +1 for the “Marriage Jury”. Oh I laughed and laughed and laughed because it’s true.

  Animation and story: I enjoyed it very much.