Chester Brown
Canadian cartoonist
Why Is Chester Brown Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Chester William David Brown is a Canadian cartoonist. Brown has gone through several stylistic and thematic periods. He gained notice in alternative comics circles in the 1980s for the surreal, scatological Ed the Happy Clown serial. After bringing Ed to an abrupt end, he delved into confessional autobiographical comics in the early 1990s and was strongly associated with fellow Toronto-based cartoonists Joe Matt and Seth, and the autobiographical comics trend. Two graphic novels came from this period: The Playboy and I Never Liked You . Surprise mainstream success in the 2000s came with Louis Riel , a historical-biographical graphic novel about rebel Métis leader Louis Riel. Paying for It drew controversy as a polemic in support of decriminalizing prostitution, a theme he explored further with Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus , a book of adaptations of stories from the Bible that Brown believes promote pro-prostitution attitudes among early Christians.
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