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the little man short strips 1980 1995
one of the mediums brilliant mavericks . time.com br the little man short strips 1980 1995 is a collection of short story works by the celebrated and bestselling louis riel cartoonist chester brown . from his early experimental comedic surrealism to his later autobiographical and essay strips we see not a major talent in development but a fully realized storytelling virtuoso . included are his early autobiographical stories helder a story about a young mans tentativeness when pursuing a woman showing helder a blow by blow account of the construction of the previous story and danny a strangely compelling moment by moment account of brown waking up and trying to avoid contact with a fellow rooming house tenant . other standouts are browns controversial essay on schizophrenia specifically his own mothers and various medical views on this baffling disease and the title story the little man a freudian classroom romp fantasy by a adolescent brown that ties into the schizophrenia essay in a surprising way . the acclaimed compendium culled mostly from his groundbreaking comic book series yummy fur provides a fascinating insight into browns psyche ; he rounds out the collection with exacting notes on each story . br
paperback drawn & quarterly 1998 isbn 1896597130
abridged n isbn 13 9781896597133 number of pages 184 publisher farrar straus & giroux release date 1154995200000