Chris wares work is very well known and can be seen on many magazine front covers as well as in the form of his comics. He has a very bold style which focuses on geometric shapes and subdued, flat colours.
His comic strips are known for their interesting use of layout and the way he treats the panels as architecture, building a narrative by carefully placing each frame. Sometimes it can be easy to follow his comics but other times a little less easy, sometimes this is due to the simple style that makes it quite hard to understand what is going on.
In terms of said style, im not really much of a fan but its useful to look at his stuff because of the transitions between the panels and and his sensitivity to colour. Various blocks of colour present themselves throughout the comics to bring the separate elements together and sometimes help the storytelling aspect. It can however be a hinderance as well, the tree in the first frame is very close to the tree to its right, so my eye is drawn that way, I'm not really sure which way to read this particular strip becuase of this.
There are also certain subtle touches in the comics, like in the superman one at the top. The way the crowd has moved suggests that the strip plays in quick succesesion. They way the other people interact make its clear what has happened and give an idea of what else will go on after the scene.
I think this is a good thing, making people think about what goes on outside of the comic strip.
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