Parille Featured in The Comics Journal

Dr. Ken Parille has an essay in The Comics Journal titled “Chris Ware’s ‘Playdate’ and Visual Allegory.”

In the article, Parille argues, “Reading Ware’s art through the lens of ‘visual allegory’ ignores what makes the drawing attractive, interesting, even strange. With dozens of carefully arranged objects, thematic color patterns, related geometrical shapes, and other unusual design choices, the cover resists (as much as that is possible) a viewer’s desire to make an easy or definitive conversion from image to meaning.”