Join us for an engaging conversation with acclaimed cartoonist and Omaha native Chris Ware as he reflects on his creative career, the art of cartooning, and his celebrated graphic novel Rusty Brown, which is set in Omaha. Caitlin Cass, a fellow Eisner Award winner, will join Ware, cartoonist and professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha, for a wide-ranging discussion on storytelling, comics, and creative practice.

Known internationally for his innovative work, Ware has received numerous honors, including eleven Eisner Awards, major exhibitions at the Whitney Biennial and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and lifetime achievement recognition from the Grand Prix de la Ville d’Angoulême. His work has frequently appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, and Rusty Brown has been widely praised for pushing the boundaries of graphic fiction.

Copies of Rusty Brown will be available for purchase at the Museum’s Hitchcock Museum Shop. Please note that this is a special, after-hours program. Our doors will open at 5:30 pm for program participants to access Abbott Hall and Hitchcock Museum Shop; the Museum’s galleries and The Durham Cafe will be closed.

This event is sponsored in partnership by the Joslyn Art Museum and UNO's School of the Arts, and the Service Learning Academy in the UNO Office of Engagement. 

Free; registration required.