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ABOUT CHESTER BROWN: |
Chester Brown's comic Ed The Happy Clown has been described as "assaulting the eyes and offending the sensibilities of people who considered themselves unshockable." His autobiographical comics - The Playboy, I Never Liked You, and The Little Man Short Strips - were named by The Comics Journal in their Top 100 Comics of the 20th Century. He continues to break new ground, most recently with his biography of the French Canadian revolutionary, Louis Riel. More details here. If you know of any other comic-related reading
recommendations made by Chester Brown in interviews or articles
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The Complete Crumb Comics by Robert Crumb "Crumb was a big [influence], although all those underground comics were some sort of an inspiration. Even in retrospect, I don't think they were very good, but they showed me that something besides superheroes could be done. Crumb stays in my mind because he was just about the most talented guy working in underground comics." Chester Brown, discussing his influences in Dangerous Drawings |
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A Contract With God by Will Eisner "Another bridge type book was A Contract With God by Will Eisner, which I picked up when it first came out back in '79... it was an important book too, in making me see that there were other types of ways of doing comics. There were other kinds of comics that were possible... here he was doing something different, and something that wasn't about a character with a mask on his face. That was neat stuff, and kind of eye-opening at the time." From an interview in The Comics Journal #135 |
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The Sands |
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Peepshow |
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Perfect Example by John Porcellino "What I immediately liked about Perfect Example was the spareness of the way it was drawn. After reading it, I was pleased to find out there's much more to it than beautiful artwork. It's sublime and profound and one of my favorite graphic novels." From the Drawn & Quarterly web-site |
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Marge's Little Lulu by John Stanley & Irving Tripp "When I looked at other cartoonists work, I would think, Oh, their styles are much better than mine. I was looking at cartoonists who draw in a simpler way - like the reprints of Little Lulu comics which at that time had just been brought out in hard cover. Those Little Lulu comics from the 1950's are incredibly simple, but they work beautifully. I realized I could bring my art down to a simpler level, and it would work just as well." Chester Brown, discussing 'style-envy' in Dangerous Drawings |
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