{"product_id":"chester-brown-conversations-paperback","title":"Chester Brown: Conversations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominick Grace\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEric Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early 1980s saw a revolution in mainstream comics--in subject matter, artistic integrity, and creators' rights--as new methods of publishing and distribution broadened the possibilities. Among those artists utilizing these new methods, Chester Brown (b. 1960) quickly developed a cult following due to the undeniable quality and originality of his \u003ci\u003eYummy Fur\u003c\/i\u003e (1983-1994). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eChester Brown: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e collects interviews covering all facets of the cartoonist's long career and includes several pieces from now-defunct periodicals and fanzines. It also includes original annotations from Chester Brown, provided especially for this book, in which he adds context, second thoughts, and other valuable insights into the interviews. Brown was among a new generation of artists whose work dealt with decidedly nonmainstream subjects. By the 1980s comics were, to quote a by-now well-worn phrase, \"not just for kids anymore,\" and subsequent censorious attacks by parents concerned about the more salacious material being published by the major publishers--subjects that routinely included adult language, realistic violence, drug use, and sexual content--began to roil the industry. \u003ci\u003eYummy Fur\u003c\/i\u003e came of age during this storm and its often-offensive content, including dismembered, talking penises, led to controversy and censorship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With Brown's highly unconventional adaptations of the Gospels, and such comics memoirs as \u003ci\u003eThe Playboy\u003c\/i\u003e(1991\/1992) and \u003ci\u003eI Never Liked You\u003c\/i\u003e (1991-1994), Brown gradually moved away from the surrealistic, humor oriented strips toward autobiographical material far more restrained and elegiac in tone than his earlier strips. This work was followed by \u003ci\u003eLouis Riel\u003c\/i\u003e (1999-2003), Brown's critically acclaimed comic book biography of the controversial nineteenth-century Canadian revolutionary, and \u003ci\u003ePaying for It\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), his best-selling memoir on the life of a john.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominick Grace\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Science Fiction of Phyllis Gotlieb: A Critical Reading\u003c\/i\u003e. He coedited (with Jason Sacks and Eric Hoffman) \u003ci\u003eSteve Gerber: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJim Shooter: Conversations \u003c\/i\u003eand (with Eric Hoffman) \u003ci\u003eDave Sim: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSeth: Conversations;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eEric Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eOppen: A Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e. He coedited (with Jason Sacks and Dominick Grace) \u003ci\u003eSteve Gerber: Conversations \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJim Shooter: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; (with Dominick Grace) \u003ci\u003eDave Sim: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSeth: Conversations; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels\u003c\/i\u003e; and (with Nina Goss)\u003ci\u003e Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the Twenty-First Century, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by University Press of Mississippi. He is also author of several books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eThis Thin Mean: New Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePresence of Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eLosses of Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184138764537,"sku":"9781496802521","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YVVXUGxYbENkeW0yQ1dqYk5nZ21Xdz09.webp?v=1767787501","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/chester-brown-conversations-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}