Rusty Brown

"Nobody chronicles lives of quiet desperation – and of really, really loud desperation, for that matter – with the exacting meticulousness of Chris Ware. His singular style – bright colors, simple shapes, painstakingly spare compositions – provides him, and us, with direct access to the primal emotions we collectively repress. Rusty Brown, Ware’s latest collection – tells four interwoven tales of suffering souls in and around Omaha, Neb. But it’s not miserablism for misery’s sake – it’s Ware aiming at the things that connect human beings to one another, with a precision that will take your breath away."