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008			130425s2013 msu o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9781621039693
020			_a1621039692
020			_z9781617038686 (hardback)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aPN6733.B76 _bZ46 2013
082	0	0	_a741.5/971 _223
100	1		_aBrown, Chester, _d1960-
245	1	0	_aChester Brown _h[electronic resource] : _bconversations / _cedited by Dominick Grace and Eric Hoffman ; annotated by Chester Brown.
260			_aJackson : _bUniversity Press of Mississippi, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm.)
490	0		_aConversations with comic artists
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_a"The 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 quickly developed a cult following due to the undeniable quality and originality of his Yummy Fur. Chester Brown: Conversations collects interviews covering all facets of the cartoonist's long career and includes several pieces from now-defunct periodicals and fanzines. Brown was among a new generation of artists whose work dealt with decidedly nonmainstream subjects. By the 1980s comics were 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. Yummy Fur came of age during this storm and its often-offensive content, including dismembered, talking penises, led to controversy and censorship. With Brown's highly unconventional adaptations of the Gospels, and such comics memoirs as The Playboy and I Never Liked You, 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 Louis Riel, Brown's critically acclaimed comic book biography of the controversial nineteeth-century Canadian revolutionary, and Paying for It, his best-selling memoir on the life of a john"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aBrown, Chester, _d1960- _vInterviews.
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Canadian. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aCartoonists _zCanada _vInterviews.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aHoffman, Eric, _d1963- _eeditor of compilation.
700	1		_aGrace, Dominick, _d1976- _eeditor of compilation.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBrown, Chester, 1960- _tChester Brown _dJackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013 _z9781617038693 _w(DLC) 2013017310
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781621039693/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34118 _d34118