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.

"Frederik Byrn Køhlert fills a significant gap in comics scholarship with his Chester Brown, the first monograph to offer a career-spanning study of Brown’s work. Combining a biographical look at Brown with close readings of his work, Køhlert persuasively traces Brown’s changes of thought over time, as reflected not only in each subsequent work but also in Brown’s ongoing project of revision of earlier works. Køhlert’s chapter on Brown’s self-revision is especially insightful as a guide to the changes Brown has made to his work and what impact they have on its meaning. Køhlert also gives welcome attention to less-frequently analyzed aspects of Brown’s career, such as his incomplete and unfinished works, notably his Gospel adaptations. Køhlert expertly tracks Brown’s growth and changes as an artist, providing Brown scholars with an invaluable resource while also producing a work so admirably clearly written that the casual fan or undergraduate student will find the book easily digestible." - Dominick Grace, coeditor of The Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels and Chester Brown: Conversations "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

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: From off the Streets of Toronto Comes: Yummy Fur the MinicomicChapter 2: Sacred Profanities: Ed the Happy Clown and the Gospel AdaptationsChapter 3: Autobiographical Disclosures: Short Stories, The Playboy, and I Never Liked YouChapter 4: Transitions: From Underwater to Louis Riel and the Graphic NovelChapter 5: Prostitution, Politics, and the Bible: Paying for It and Mary Wept Over the Feet of JesusChapter 6: Retconning Chester Brown: Revisions, Notes, and Authorial VoiceConclusion: Against the GrainBibliographyIndex

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.

"Frederik Byrn Køhlert fills a significant gap in comics scholarship with his Chester Brown, the first monograph to offer a career-spanning study of Brown’s work. Combining a biographical look at Brown with close readings of his work, Køhlert persuasively traces Brown’s changes of thought over time, as reflected not only in each subsequent work but also in Brown’s ongoing project of revision of earlier works. Køhlert’s chapter on Brown’s self-revision is especially insightful as a guide to the changes Brown has made to his work and what impact they have on its meaning. Køhlert also gives welcome attention to less-frequently analyzed aspects of Brown’s career, such as his incomplete and unfinished works, notably his Gospel adaptations. Køhlert expertly tracks Brown’s growth and changes as an artist, providing Brown scholars with an invaluable resource while also producing a work so admirably clearly written that the casual fan or undergraduate student will find the book easily digestible." - Dominick Grace, coeditor of The Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels and Chester Brown: Conversations "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

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: From off the Streets of Toronto Comes: Yummy Fur the MinicomicChapter 2: Sacred Profanities: Ed the Happy Clown and the Gospel AdaptationsChapter 3: Autobiographical Disclosures: Short Stories, The Playboy, and I Never Liked YouChapter 4: Transitions: From Underwater to Louis Riel and the Graphic NovelChapter 5: Prostitution, Politics, and the Bible: Paying for It and Mary Wept Over the Feet of JesusChapter 6: Retconning Chester Brown: Revisions, Notes, and Authorial VoiceConclusion: Against the GrainBibliographyIndex

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.

"Frederik Byrn Køhlert fills a significant gap in comics scholarship with his Chester Brown, the first monograph to offer a career-spanning study of Brown’s work. Combining a biographical look at Brown with close readings of his work, Køhlert persuasively traces Brown’s changes of thought over time, as reflected not only in each subsequent work but also in Brown’s ongoing project of revision of earlier works. Køhlert’s chapter on Brown’s self-revision is especially insightful as a guide to the changes Brown has made to his work and what impact they have on its meaning. Køhlert also gives welcome attention to less-frequently analyzed aspects of Brown’s career, such as his incomplete and unfinished works, notably his Gospel adaptations. Køhlert expertly tracks Brown’s growth and changes as an artist, providing Brown scholars with an invaluable resource while also producing a work so admirably clearly written that the casual fan or undergraduate student will find the book easily digestible." - Dominick Grace, coeditor of The Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels and Chester Brown: Conversations "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

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: From off the Streets of Toronto Comes: Yummy Fur the MinicomicChapter 2: Sacred Profanities: Ed the Happy Clown and the Gospel AdaptationsChapter 3: Autobiographical Disclosures: Short Stories, The Playboy, and I Never Liked YouChapter 4: Transitions: From Underwater to Louis Riel and the Graphic NovelChapter 5: Prostitution, Politics, and the Bible: Paying for It and Mary Wept Over the Feet of JesusChapter 6: Retconning Chester Brown: Revisions, Notes, and Authorial VoiceConclusion: Against the GrainBibliographyIndex