Chester Brown is faced with a daunting task - the retelling of one of the most controversial episodes in Canadian history - and in comic strip form, no less. Like the McSweeney's issue, it is a rather deluxe item, and would do well on sturdy bookshelf.Įthos: Most important to Louis Riel is the quality of virtue. For many readers outside of Canada, this will be their first introduction to the tangled past of the French and English in this nation.Ĭontext: This book is generally available at independent bookstores that carry graphic novels, as well as the few bookstores that are completely devoted to the comics genre. Purpose: Louis Riel presents the story of the Metis rebel through the form of "sequential art," as Scott McCloud deems it in his book Understanding Comics. While this audience may have been close to non-existent 10 years ago, it is steadily growing today, with the critical recognition of books like Maus by Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan, and the film adaptations of instances of the genre. Audience: A biographical graphic novel, Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography by Chester Brown will find its audience in readers who are most likely already familiar with the form.
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