Summary
A memoir of shocking honesty by the graphic novelist behind 2011’s acclaimed comic Paying for It
As with every Chester Brown book, The Playboy–originally published in 1992–was ahead of its time, illustrating the fearlessness and prescience of the iconoclastic cartoonist. A memoir about Brown’s adolescent sexuality and shame, The Playboy chronicles his teenage obsession with the magazine of the same name, but it’s also a work that explores the physical for…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770461185 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770461183 |
| Author: | Chester Brown |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 17 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 172g |
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Critics Review
“Brown has the ability to open a door that leads directly back into the very texture of childhood with all its darkness.” –The Vancouver Sun
“Brown has painted these embarrassing scenes with cathartic candor but also with a keen eye for detail and an understated tone … A landmark look at an artist’s growth.” –The Comics Journal
Chester Brown
Chester Brown was born in Montreal in 1960. He is the author of seven books and is best known for the non-fiction graphic novels Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography (2003) and Paying for It: A Comic-Strip Memoir About Being a John (2011). In 2024, Brown created a Louis Riel stamp for Canada Post as part of a set honouring Canadian cartoonists. He lives in Toronto.
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