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Title: Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography by Chester Brown ISBN: 1-896597-63-7 Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Pubns Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An ideal biography
Comment: For many years I had little interest in the story of Riel. It seemed obscure, irrelevant, and uninteresting.
Reading this excellent comic book changed all this. Brown's book makes Riel's story come alive in a very clear, and easy to understand way. Prior to reading this, all I knew about Riel were some vague facts about him being a Metis leader who staged a rebellion of some sort. I know know him to be the modern founder of the province of Manitoba, a foe of Sir John A. MacDonald, and savvy political leader with democratic ideas ahead of his time.
Brown makes Riel's story fast-paced, interesting, and even contemporarily relevant. Unlike many other Canadian historians, Brown is not a snob to his audience. You don't need to know much about Riel before reading this book, the author goes out of his way to give all relevant information whenever nessisary.
This book is an excellent educational material for anyone interested in this key period of Canadian history. It is a perfect example of the diverse medium of comics, and proves the art from is suitable for a wide variety of story-telling, even the very serious.
I would love to see more comic book history books of this style. I hope Brown writes another someday.
Rating: 4
Summary: The story of a Canadian rebellion
Comment: Chester Brown spent the better part of five years on this comic book biography. It was worth the effort. Louis Riel was a religious leader of an uprising in Canada in 1885. Brown describes the events leading to the uprising, he shows how it played out, and then he wraps up the story with Riel's final fate. Along the way he touches lightly on issues of religion, political conspiracy, and insanity. For those readers who want additional information --- or who want to double-check Brown's accuracy --- there is a bibliography and extensive footnotes.
What sets this book apart is the fact that it's a big comic book. Brown tells the story using silent pictures whenever possible. Characters are drawn in a flat but beautiful way. No one is depicted as a cartoon, but the tone never matches a straight history book, either. Brown goes further by using the footnotes in a surprising way: He tells you that he got things wrong. Then he says he isn't sure why. At first, these tiny confessions seem strange, but then you realize he's just being honest.
If you're looking for a great graphic novel, this is the book to buy. Chester Brown has taken the story of a historical figure very few Americans have heard of and presented it in a unique way. Although it was written for adults, Louis Riel is a perfect gift for a young reader --- it's a comic book, but a very sophisticated one.
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Title: The Fixer by Joe Sacco ISBN: 1896597602 Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Pubns Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Acme Novelty Datebook: Sketches and Diary Pages in Facsimile 1986-1995 by Chris Ware, Drawn & Quarterly ISBN: 1896597661 Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Pubns Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Quimby the Mouse (ACME Novelty Library) by Chris Ware ISBN: 1560974850 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Love and Rockets) by Gilbert Hernandez ISBN: 1560975393 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Blankets: An Illustrated Novel by Craig Thompson ISBN: 1891830430 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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