{"product_id":"chester-brown-biographix-9781496858344","title":"Chester Brown (Biographix)","description":"\u003cp\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 Browns 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.  Characterized by often minimalist art and unconventional themes  comics such as Yummy Fur  Ed the Happy Clown  I Never Liked You  Louis Riel  and Paying for It have consistently pushed boundaries and confronted taboos. Chester Brown offers unique insight into Browns creative process as well the scope of his work and its larger cultural contexts. Organized chronologically  the book provides a full account of the artists 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.  The book also examines Browns 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. Chester Brown pulls back the curtain on this pioneering artist and emphasizes the inseparability of Browns art and life  including the myriad ways they have informed each other across the last four decades of comics history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67950658125877,"sku":"ByrdShop_1496858344","price":61.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781496858344.jpg?v=1794423977","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/chester-brown-biographix-9781496858344","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}