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A Common Law of International Adjudicationby Chester BrownISBN 0199206503 (0-19-920650-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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I Never Liked Youby Chester BrownISBN 096967015X (0-9696701-5-X)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Never Liked You'Book summary:If you ever doubted that a comic book could wrench your heart, I urge you to read I Never Liked You. Chester Brown looks back on his adolescent attempts at relationships--with his friends, his mother, the girl who always loved him--with such maturity and understatement that the result is an unspoken testament to the reality of life. The feeling you're left with after reading this comic is due in part to the skilled, reserved hand of Brown the artist: his comics flow so smoothly through time that once begun, this book is almost impossible to put down. The panels--often a tiny single frame on a page of pure black--convey such a sense of loneliness that in any other medium this story wouldn't be half as good. [via]
I Never Liked You : A Comic-Strip Narrrativeby Chester BrownISBN 1896597149 (1-896597-14-9)
Softcover, Drawn & Quarterly Publications
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Lady Chatterley's Loverby Chester BrownISBN 014303961X (0-14-303961-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'Book summary:Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters. [via]
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The Little Manby Chester BrownISBN 1896597130 (1-896597-13-0)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Man'Book summary:The Little Man contains numerous rare and otherwise impossible to find gems that appeared in a string of long out-of-print anthologies and early issues of the classic comic book series Yummy Fur.[via] 
Louis Rielby Chester BrownISBN 1894937570 (1-894937-57-0)
Softcover, Drawn & Quarterly Publications
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Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biographyby Chester BrownISBN 1894937899 (1-894937-89-9)
Softcover, Drawn & Quarterly Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography'Book summary:The life story of Louis Riel has been told in almost every form imaginable, from traditional historical fiction (Rudy Wiebe's The Scorched Wood People) to punk rock (Thee Headcoats' "Louie Riel"). Chester Brown's Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography introduces the Métis rebel to yet another medium: the graphic novel. Brown covers the Riel tale from the arrival of Canadian surveyors in the territory that would become Manitoba to Riel's martyr's death on a Regina gallows. Brown tells a highly subjective version of the story but provides maps, plenty of footnotes, and an extensive bibliography, making accessing the historical record very easy.
Riel is Canada's most famous folk hero, and only a country like Canada could turn someone like him into a national icon. He was a religious zealot, a probable lunatic, a tormented, charismatic despot with a good but hopeless cause. His memory is usually defiled by complacency; Canadian nationalists like to bandy his name about, but the social ills that drove him to rebellion continue to fester. It is to Brown's credit that he resists the temptation to present Riel as an unimpeachable hero, or to pretend that Riel's legacy has become part of the Canadian state.
The drawings in Louis Riel are impeccable. Brown notes in his introduction that his work is commonly compared to that of Tintin creator Hergé, and he cites Little Orphan Annie as a primary influence for this book. Both are abundantly evident here, combined with a feeling that Brown is illustrating a minimalist political play, staged under Brecht's dramatic principles. Landscape and period detail take a back seat to character and caricature: Riel is stout and taciturn; Gabriel Dumont, his deputy, is stouter yet and oozes righteous violence; Sir John A. MacDonald is given the small head of a moron and a huge gin-guzzler's schnozz. Brown's weakness is his use of language; his dialogue pushes the plot along and gets the story told, but there is no snap or sparkle to it. Readers with no special affinity for the artwork will probably find the book flat, but those who are immediately drawn to his illustrations will find Louis Riel a visually stunning and pleasingly accessible take on the old Riel tale. --Jack Illingworth [via]
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The Playboy : A Comic Bookby Chester BrownISBN 0969670117 (0-9696701-1-7)
Softcover, Drawn & Quarterly Publications
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Ed, el payaso feliz/ Ed, The Happy Clownby Chester BrownISBN 8478337318 (84-7833-731-8)
Softcover, LA Cupula Ediciones
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Louis Riel: Un comic biografico/ A Comic Strip Biographyby Chester BrownISBN 8478337172 (84-7833-717-2)
Softcover, LA Cupula Ediciones
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