One of my favourite graphic artists is Chris Ware. His books are fantastically intricate, poetic, and examine in miserly detail the mundanities of American life with referential nods towards ’20s Jazz artwork, typography and George Herriman. Its form is perfectly suited to the format it takes – namely beautiful books. So you can imagine how much I shuddered at the thought that the cartoons had been converted to an animated format.
Fortunately, however, I wasn’t disappointed by the first Quimby Mouse I managed to find online. Enjoy!
Quimby The Mouse from This American Life on Vimeo.
I enjoyed this little animation perhaps more than the books. It makes it more accessible to people who can’t read…