Description: A concise overview of the renowned comics creator of Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, I Never Liked You, Louis Riel, and Paying for It
Brief description: Frederik Byrn Køhlert is lecturer in English and film at Edinburgh Napier University. In addition to several articles and book chapters about comics, he is author of Serial Selves: Identity and Representation in Autobiographical Comics and editor of two companion book series for Routledge on gender, sexuality, and comics. Alongside his work on comics and related visual media, he has authored and edited two books on the literary and cultural history of Chicago.
Review Quotes: A comprehensive companion to the work of a major cartoonist, whose decades-long career stretches from surreal self-published minicomics to bold autobiography and beyond. Køhlert expertly combines attention to idiosyncratic detail with a broader historical perspective, showing how Chester Brown's unique trajectory mirrors shifting trends in alternative comics.--Daniel Marrone, author Forging the Past: Seth and the Art of Memory