About this title: Martyr or Madman? The Passionate Rebel History Can't Close The Book On. Is this the future of comics? Respectably penning the dowdy pages of history? Don't be fooled. This is one of the hippest comics going and will be a controversial must-have in 2003. Legendary cartoonist Chester Brown reveals in the dusty closet of Canadian history there are some skeletons that won't stop rattling. To some Louis Riel was one of the founding fathers of a nation but to others he was a murderer who nearly tore a country apart. A man so charismatic he was elected to government twice while in exile with a ...
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Edition: First Paperback Printing
Binding: Stiff Card Wrappers
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Publications, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781894937894ISBN:1894937899
Description: Fine. Paperbound. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A biography of Louis Riel in 'graphic-novel' form. Illustrated in the manner of a comic book. 272pp, illustrated. Mint copy-'as new'-bright, fresh and unmarked. Weight, 750g. read more
Description: Very Good. 1896597637 Back cover top corner very small tear with crease. Inside book is clean, pages tight. No remainder marks. Shipped with delivery confirmation inside US. Selling books since 1979*p/WQ6-72. read more
Description: New. 1896597637 **NEW** Slight surface & edge wear. Inside book is clean, pages tight. No remainder marks. Shipped with delivery confirmation inside US. Selling books since 1979*p/WR2-108. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 2004. Hardcover. 1st Hardcover Ed Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly Pub., Montreal
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781896597638ISBN:1896597637
Description: Hardcover, 8vo, pictorial boards, illustrated, 272 pages. Spine is slightly cocked, o/w a fine unmarked, unsoiled copy, complete with "promo" sleeve on back cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly Publications, Montreal
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9781896597638ISBN:1896597637
Description: Illustrated with B/W Comic Strip Illustrations. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 1896597637 Black and white illustrated front and back covers. 272pp. Indexed. Content clean, bright and sound. Binding very slightly cocked. read more
"This was a disappointing effort from Brown, lacking in warmth or depth. While he reached towering emotional heights in I NEVER LIKED YOU, this book has an unfortunate antiseptic approach to its historical subjects."
"This is a biography/work of historical fiction (debate). I read it for our experimental book club. Without the club, I probably wouldn't have picked this up. I loved the lovely, sparse art and learned a lot about Louis Riel, a Canadian historical figure. It was interesting enough. I'd be interested in reading more Chester Brown."
"Interesting work, and I learned a lot about Louis Riel. This, of course, pleased me, with my amateur interest in Canadiana. But the work seems over-compressed, both in terms of content and in terms of format. I would have liked something more on the scale (in both terms) of Moore & Campbell's /From Hell/, which I recall as more expansive and more legible."
"A "biography" done as a graphic novel. I read this as part of my Experimental Book Club. The author takes great liberty with historical events, to the point it is probably fiction rather than non-fiction. However, it was interesting to read about this major figure in Canadian, whom I knew nothing about, that some consider a martyr and others consider a rebel and a murder."
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