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Touchstone, April 2009
Trade Paperback, 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1416549471
ISBN-13: 9781416549475
Description
Funny Misshapen Body is the story of Jeffrey Brown's evolution as a cartoonist, from his youthful obsession with superhero comics to his disillusionment with fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Drawn with Brown's scratchy, spare, trademark style, Funny Misshapen Body resonates with true-to-life observations on love, fear, and ambition. Through his bare bones graphic style, he reveals his most embarrassing personal moments in raw, intimate detail -- including how he survived high school, binge drinking, mild drug experimentation, doomed friendships, and being diagnosed with Crohn's disease.
Ultimately coming to terms with his art and identity, Brown describes the ups and downs of his adolescence with understated simplicity, dark humor, and charm.
MinnPost, December 18, 2009
...on this list. Ken Dahl/Gabby Schulz’s semi-autobiographical graphic novel about herpes is a cautionary tale for, as Jeffrey Brown writes on the back cover, “anyone who has had sex, is going to have sex, or wants to have sex.” ...
Yahoo!, April 22, 2009
...Newsarama.com Zack Smith newsarama.com ? 2 hrs 32 mins ago Jeffrey Brown works in many comics genres, but he's best known for his hilarious, touching tales of autobiographical awkwardness, such as Clumsy and Unlikely. His latest graphic ...
USA Today, April 7, 2009
...Last week I mentioned that I was reading Funny Misshapen Body: A Memoir, the latest book from cartoonist Jeffrey Brown (Touchstone, $16). I own and adore all of his books, though my favorite stories are the autobiographical ones found ...
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