false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173295110m/269354.jpg 269354 1 <div><div><div><b>"One of the medium's brilliant mavericks." &#8212;Time.com<br></b><br><i>The Little Man: Short Strips, 1980&#8211;1995 </i>is a collection of short-story works by the celebrated and bestselling <i>Louis Riel</i> 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 &#8220;Helder&#8221; (a story about a young man&#8217;s tentativeness when pursuing a woman), &#8220;Showing Helder&#8221; (a blow-by-blow account of the construction of the previous story), and &#8220;Danny&#8221; (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 Brown&#8217;s controversial essay on schizophrenia (specifically his own mother&#8217;s) and various medical views on this baffling disease, and the title story, &#8220;The Little Man,&#8221; 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 Brown&#8217;s psyche; he rounds out the collection with exacting notes on each story.</div></div></div> 261110 8 8 2006 The Little Man: Short Strips, 1980-1995 total:74|5:19|4:22|3:28|2:4|1:1| 74 276 90 3 2 0 false false Tue Oct 06 17:52:19 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 17:52:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 08 20:30:05 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 20:33:10 -0700 2007 are a fan of Brown, look for the new edition (not pic...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:28:23 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:29:03 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 09:43:14 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 09:43:14 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 23:00:33 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 23:00:33 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 11:40:56 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 11:41:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Sep 28 07:58:29 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 07:58:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 16 13:54:43 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 13:54:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 13:30:43 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 13:30:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 09:34:30 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 09:34:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 07:09:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:09:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 21:57:08 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 21:57:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Tue Aug 18 20:34:21 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 20:34:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 23:04:20 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 23:04:20 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 13 04:37:59 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 04:37:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 11 12:20:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 12:20:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 05:56:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 05:56:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 13:55:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:55:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jun 13 14:29:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 14:29:34 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 05 08:49:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 08:49:22 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=269354