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The Christmas Lockdown
Haarlem, 15 December 2020
Today is the last day of my son’s day care. Full lockdown #2 starts tomorrow. Yaron is 2,5 years old, so he is too young to be left alone. As my wife is the one with the important job I will be the one…

Graphic novels
This is a top 10 of my favourite graphic novels / artists.
1. Chris Ware
Country: US
Key work: Acme Novelty Library (1993-present)
Life as a manual
Ware's unique autumnal isometric world view is perhaps "clinical" at first…

Chris Ware
The master of the genre doesn't look as good online as it does in print, so get your own copies. The "ACME Novelty Library" series are brilliant. Beautiful colours, melancholic, excruciating, and he is a perfectionist in overseeing to make sure…