{"product_id":"chester-brown-hardback-9781496858344","title":"Chester Brown (Hardback) 9781496858344","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChester Brown\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrederik Byrn Køhlert (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496858344\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages, 20 color illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Frederik Byrn Køhlert fills a significant gap in comics scholarship with his \u003ci\u003eChester Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, the first monograph to offer a career-spanning study of Brown’s work. Combining a biographical look at Brown with close readings of his work, Køhlert persuasively traces Brown’s changes of thought over time, as reflected not only in each subsequent work but also in Brown’s ongoing project of revision of earlier works. Køhlert’s chapter on Brown’s self-revision is especially insightful as a guide to the changes Brown has made to his work and what impact they have on its meaning. Køhlert also gives welcome attention to less-frequently analyzed aspects of Brown’s career, such as his incomplete and unfinished works, notably his Gospel adaptations. Køhlert expertly tracks Brown’s growth and changes as an artist, providing Brown scholars with an invaluable resource while also producing a work so admirably clearly written that the casual fan or undergraduate student will find the book easily digestible.\" - Dominick Grace, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels and Chester Brown: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A comprehensive companion to the work of a major cartoonist, whose decades-long career stretches from surreal self-published minicomics to bold autobiography and beyond. Køhlert expertly combines attention to idiosyncratic detail with a broader historical perspective, showing how Chester Brown’s unique trajectory mirrors shifting trends in alternative comics.\" - Daniel Marrone, author \u003ci\u003eForging the Past: Seth and the Art of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBest known for his alternative comics, Chester Brown (b. 1960) is one of the most acclaimed and influential cartoonists of the last half century. This first biography provides a critical account of Brown's life and career, highlighting his role in the evolving comics landscape and tracing his journey from self-publishing minicomics on the streets of Toronto to creating award-winning graphic novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharacterized by often minimalist art and unconventional themes, comics such as \u003ci\u003eYummy Fur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEd the Happy Clown\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Never Liked You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLouis Riel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePaying for It\u003c\/i\u003e have consistently pushed boundaries and confronted taboos. \u003ci\u003eChester Brown\u003c\/i\u003e offers unique insight into Brown's creative process as well the scope of his work and its larger cultural contexts. Organized chronologically, the book provides a full account of the artist's career, beginning with his failed attempts to break into superhero comics and ending with discussions of his most recent work, in which he blends autobiography with political views on sex work and religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book also examines Brown's extensive authorial revisions and considers how he has deployed both these and an increasingly voluminous amount of paratextual material in the service of creating a highly distinctive authorial persona that in turn cannot help but influence how we encounter and read his work. \u003ci\u003eChester Brown\u003c\/i\u003e pulls back the curtain on this pioneering artist and emphasizes the inseparability of Brown's art and life, including the myriad ways they have informed each other across the last four decades of comics history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: From off the Streets of Toronto Comes: \u003ci\u003eYummy Fur\u003c\/i\u003e the Minicomic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Sacred Profanities: \u003ci\u003eEd the Happy Clown\u003c\/i\u003e and the Gospel Adaptations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Autobiographical Disclosures: Short Stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Playboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Never Liked You\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Transitions: From\u003ci\u003e Underwater\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eLouis Riel\u003c\/i\u003e and the Graphic Novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Prostitution, Politics, and the Bible: \u003ci\u003ePaying for It\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Retconning Chester Brown: Revisions, Notes, and Authorial Voice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Against the Grain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52695337271576,"sku":"9781496858344","price":60.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chester-brown-hardback-9781496858344","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}