Chris Ware
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Chris Ware is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist renowned for his intricately designed, emotionally complex works such as the graphic novel "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth."
All labels observed (1)
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| Chris Ware canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13008748 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Chris Ware Context triple: [Fantagraphics Books, hasAuthor, Chris Ware]
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A.
Nate Powell
Nate Powell is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for his award-winning work on socially and politically engaged comics, including the civil rights–focused "March" trilogy.
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B.
Daniel Clowes
Daniel Clowes is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for his darkly humorous, character-driven comics such as "Ghost World" and "David Boring."
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C.
Dave McKean
Dave McKean is a British illustrator, photographer, and graphic artist renowned for his dark, surreal mixed-media artwork in comics, book covers, and collaborations with authors like Neil Gaiman.
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D.
David Clowes
David Clowes is a British businessman best known for rescuing and owning Derby County Football Club through his company Clowes Developments.
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E.
Alex O'Flinn
Alex O'Flinn is a film editor best known for his work on acclaimed independent films, including the drama "The Florida Project."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chris Ware Target entity description: Chris Ware is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist renowned for his intricately designed, emotionally complex works such as the graphic novel "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth."
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A.
Nate Powell
Nate Powell is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for his award-winning work on socially and politically engaged comics, including the civil rights–focused "March" trilogy.
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B.
Daniel Clowes
Daniel Clowes is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for his darkly humorous, character-driven comics such as "Ghost World" and "David Boring."
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C.
Dave McKean
Dave McKean is a British illustrator, photographer, and graphic artist renowned for his dark, surreal mixed-media artwork in comics, book covers, and collaborations with authors like Neil Gaiman.
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D.
David Clowes
David Clowes is a British businessman best known for rescuing and owning Derby County Football Club through his company Clowes Developments.
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E.
Alex O'Flinn
Alex O'Flinn is a film editor best known for his work on acclaimed independent films, including the drama "The Florida Project."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartoonist
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comics artist ⓘ graphic novelist ⓘ person ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Book Award
NERFINISHED
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Eisner Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Guardian First Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Ignatz Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Franklin Christenson Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdCharacter |
Jimmy Corrigan
NERFINISHED
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Quimby the Mouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Rusty Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-12-28 ⓘ |
| education | University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comics
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graphic novels ⓘ illustration ⓘ |
| genre |
graphic novel
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literary comics ⓘ |
| givenName | Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCreatedCoverArtFor | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Schulz
NERFINISHED
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Lynd Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Winsor McCay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Chris Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notablePublicationSeries | Acme Novelty Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Acme Novelty Library
NERFINISHED
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Building Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ Quimby the Mouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Rusty Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartoonist
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graphic novelist ⓘ illustrator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Omaha, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Oak Park, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Marnie Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedAt | University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
emotionally complex storytelling
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formally intricate comics layouts ⓘ precise geometric design ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Chris Ware Description of subject: Chris Ware is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist renowned for his intricately designed, emotionally complex works such as the graphic novel "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.