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Chester Brown lives the dream. Making comix on his own terms since 1986, the 44-year-old Canadian has bucked his fans' expectations more times than a crazy lover, and managed to make a living doing it. Now, with the publication of his graphic novel, "Louis Riel," he not only has a hit, but also the accolades of the industry...
...using it for an autobiographical exploration whose nakedness caused many fans to cringe and slink away. Still, Brown soon found himself leading an "autobio" trend in the medium. Never one to stick to trends, after an aborted fictional project that featured dialogue written in gibberish, Brown turned to "Louis Riel," yet another audience-challenging work. "Riel" is Brown's interpretive biography of Louis Riel, a real-life 19th-century French-Indian mystic who defied the Canadian government's annexation of what became Manitoba. Crystallizing many of Brown's themes of religion, anti-authoritarianism and madness, "Riel" has become a critical...
...Louis Riel by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly; 2003) Through this interpretive biography of a 19th-century Canadian rabble-rouser and mystic - with every deviance from recorded history carefully detailed in footnotes - Brown explores themes of abuse of authority, madness vs. religious exaltation and the nature of objective truth. That he tells it in the style of big-nosed comic strip characters makes it all the more remarkable. Full Review
...Though very different from his previous work, "Louis Riel" fits perfectly into Chester Brown's oeuvre. Part of his artistry has always been to challenge himself and his readers with the new. That may make him tough on his fans but it makes him one of the medium's brilliant mavericks...
...issues of "Louis Riel" remain in print and can be found at superior comic shops. They are scheduled to be collected into a book in the fall...