Chester Brown

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born

May 16, 1960

gender

male

place of birth

Montreal, Canada

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

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Chester Brown was born in Montreal, Canada on May 16, 1960 and grew up in the nearby suburb of Chateauquay. His career path was set at the age of 12 when the local newspaper, The St. Lawrence Sun, published one of his comic strips.

At 19, he moved to Toronto and got a day job while he worked on his skills as a cartoonist at night and on weekends. In 1983, he began to self-publish his work in photocopied ï¿½mini comicsï¿½ under the title Yummy Fur. These pamphlets attracted attention in comic book industry publications, and in 1986 the Toronto-based comic book publisher Vortex Comics approached Brown. The first Vortex issue of Yummy Fur sold well, and Brown quit his day job and began working full-time as a cartoonist.
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books by Chester Brown

avg rating: 3.92 | 1,049 ratings | 111 reviews | 19 distinct works | 3 fans

	I Never Liked You: The New Definitive Edition by Chester Brown avg rating 3.93 — 293 ratings — published 1994 3 editions	my rating:
	Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography by Chester Brown avg rating 3.93 — 278 ratings — published 2003 5 editions	my rating:
	The Playboy by Chester Brown avg rating 3.68 — 145 ratings — published 1992	my rating:
	ED The Happy Clown (A Yummy Fur Book) by Chester Brown avg rating 4.25 — 115 ratings — published 1989 2 editions	my rating:
	The Little Man: Short Strips, 1980-1995 by Chester Brown avg rating 3.71 — 73 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	Little Man: Short Strips, 1980-1995 by Chester Brown avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1998	my rating:
	Je ne t'ai jamais aimé by Chester Brown avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2001	my rating:
	Yummy Fur: Ed the Happy Clown Bk. 1 by Chester Brown avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1989	my rating:
	A Common Law of International Adjudication by Chester Brown avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009	my rating:
	Louis Riel # 5 by Chester Brown avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2000	my rating: