Why people recommend it
Building Stories by Chris Ware is an innovative and terrain-shifting graphic novel published in 2012 that is famously packaged as a box set containing a variety of print formats. On The Book Review podcast episode titled Mary Beard on Women and Power, Hillary Chute discussed the publication, describing it as a major, medium-defining moment for comics that broke traditional boundaries through its unique physical format as a book in a box. Later, during the podcast episode titled A Violent Summer in Chicago, host Pamela Paul confirmed the title of the work after guest Alex Kotlowitz referenced the author, verifying that Building Stories was indeed the name of one of the creator's major literary achievements. The podcast segments highlighted the work's distinctive physical architecture and its landmark status within the graphic novel medium, emphasizing how the modular box format revolutionized traditional narrative structures and reader interaction for long-form comics and visual storytelling.
Who recommended it
- Hillary Chute Discussed
- Pamela Paul Discussed
Hillary Chute — 1 mention
“and and one of his more recent terrain shifting moments for Comics was the publication in 2012 of his book Building stories which is a book in a box”
Pamela Paul — 1 mention
“that was the name of one of his major books right building stor”