![]() That he recently purchased and moved back into this same house makes the reading of this book all the more heart-opening and life-affirming, to say nothing of profoundly moving. Whatsa Paintoonist? by 79-year-old Jerry Moriarty reinvents the memoir as an ineffable, shimmering picture-poem of earth-shedding memory, discarding the black brushstrokes of his groundbreaking Jack Survives for a luminous rainbow of tentative pencil and brush attempts at putting his affairs in order through the mnemonics of his childhood home and family. Photograph: Fantagraphics 5 | Graphic memoirįollowing the incandescent example of Art Spiegelman’s Maus, the graphic memoir is easily the most visibly mature category of comics, from Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis to Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home to Roz Chast’s Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? – all books that dignify the genre with sophisticated human stories of, well, real life. ![]() (After I recommended his first, Beverly, to Zadie Smith, she wrote back a one-word review: “wow,” and she’s just called Sabrina “the best book – in any medium – I have read about our current moment”.) I have no doubt that if Nick keeps it up, he will do things on paper that no other human has yet imagined (he basically already is), and that’s the best kind of heroism imaginable. Some middle-aged colleagues and I believe literary comics fiction is possible without resorting to fantastical heroics, however, and the youngest and finest exemplar, 28-year-old Nick Drnaso, offers a new book next year to possibly top us all: Sabrina, about a missing woman, a video and the unspeakable possibilities of our contemporary mitigated reality. He is a former president of the Wisconsin Association of African American Lawyers.My own profession currently seems divided between comics fiction and comics memoir, the former more or less growing out of the childish fantasies now grotesquely metastasised as “superhero stories for adults” - which makes about as much sense to me as writing pornography for children. Chris has served as a board member for Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority and Alverno College. Michael Wright, Williamsville Central School The winners will be honored Nov. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Jim Wei, Avanti Advanced Manufacturing Corp. ![]() “Itron continues to benefit from his depth of knowledge and expertise as he leads Itron’s corporate governance, business legal solutions and risk management efforts.”Ĭhris received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. “Chris has steadily and successfully taken on more responsibilities in providing legal counsel and strengthening business partnerships across Itron,” said Tom Deitrich, president and CEO of Itron. Before his corporate experience, Chris gained significant legal experience in top-tier law firms and with the United States Department of Justice. and served as general manager of JCI Ducted System Parts. Prior to joining Itron, Chris held several global legal positions with Johnson Controls Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience as a senior legal advisor and business executive. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ResourcesĬhris Ware has been promoted to senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective immediately.Ĭhris joined Itron in March 2021 and was promoted a year later to vice president, legal and corporate secretary.
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