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Chester Brown's work has come up on this show a number of times over the years. We've discussed Ed the Happy Clown, Louis Riel, and Paying for It. He's actually published 10 graphic novels since 1989, some of which are collections of his comics series. In connection with the recent premiere of the movie version … Continue reading #816 Chester Brown interview: “Paying for It,” the movie
Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week, your hosts have lost their minds and decided for some reason to subject us all to a long ass edition of Clown Corner. So, you'll have to forgive me for wanting to get out of this as quickly as possible. This one comes with several warning: Clowns aren't funny. ClownDog is coming to get you. Woof woof stab, bitches. Clowns are your overlords, now. Oh, and Heather picked a story for Ken called "The Happy Clown". Has there ever been a title that sent chills further down your spine? Good lord! "The Happy Clown" was written by Alice Eleanor Jones and published in If in 1955. Extensive research has been able to uncovered no evidence of an active copyright. Did you dance for us? Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.
On Today's Episode, Ryan and Gen talk about Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown We discuss why this book is one of the most unique graphic novels we've ever read, the greatness of Chester Brown, and why we can't wait to check out more of his work. All this and more on another episode of the Comic Lounge Podcast! Next weeks episode: The Wretch You can follow The Comic Lounge on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thecomiclounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecomiclounge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecomiclounge https://www.thecomiclounge.com Send us your feedback or comments to thecomicloungepod@gmail.com
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Join me as I talk with author Warren Padla about his book "The Happy Clown."
The indie cartoonist Chester Brown started making a name for himself in the 80s, with the publication of his self-published Yummy Fur. From those pages originated the short, four panel cartoons that eventually became Ed the Happy Clown, a crude made-up-on-the-fly adventure about... well, a naked vampire lady, religious guilt, Ronald Reagan's head on the tip of a penis, and an inter-dimensional portal in someone's butthole. We'll talk about these madcap elements, but we'll also confront some of the more troubling aspects of Brown's graphic novel, like his racist depiction of pygmies.
VERY EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING! James and James talk Chester Brown's Ed the Happy Clown. The word 'penis' is used liberally. There is much talk of feces. Following that: a review of Conan the Barbarian #5. "I don't hate you. Stop crying."
For this week's Kickstarter show, Derek talks Rickman about his current campaign Sock: The Comic Book. It's the (largely) wordless story of an unlikely hero displaced from his companion in the laundromat, and going at it on his own as a crimefighter. Sockwill be a 32-page black-and-white comic book, one that will be appropriate for all ages. Rickman describes the origins of Sockthis way: The idea came to me during the 1999 San Diego Comic Con while at the pool with friends after a day at the show. The conversation turned toward the weirdest comic characters we knew. Flaming Carrot, The Tick, Ed the Happy Clown, Reid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman, Sam and Max: Freelance Police, were all tossed about. The question was asked: what would be the wackiest thing to make into a comic? As my feet dangled in the water I glanced toward my shoes and saw my socks. I reached for my sketchbook (always next to me) and "SOCK" was born. Offbeat, wacky, wordless, all-ages, lost laundry...what's not to like? Be sure to check out Sock: The Comic Book, and see exactly what happens when yoursocks go missing. Sample Art
This episode of Pictures Within Pictures, Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Chester Brown's surrealist classic Ed the Happy Clown. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede
This week's episode begins a series on the comic artist Chester Brown with a discussion of Ed the Happy Clown.
Inspired by Robert Crumb, Crad Kilodney, Art Spiegelman, Seth and other alternative cartoonists, Chester Brown uses his autobiographical comics work to confront issues that he's currently wrestling with or make him uncomfortable. Whether it was the use of scatological humour in Ed the Happy Clown, his relationship with women and his own mother in I Never Liked You or his journey to becoming a John in Paying For It, it's easier for him to unpack his own hang ups when they're made public. Brown talks about how he initially broke into comics with the self-published Yummy Fur, why his art style owes a lot to Harold Gray, the man who behind the Little Orphan Annie comic strip and why being a John makes him more comfortable than being a boyfriend, even though his current arrangement isn't all that different from the traditional relationship he's trying to avoid. Plus, Brown teaches Aaron how he deals with negative self-talk and criticism of his work.Chester Brown's PatreonDrawn and Quarterly (Chester's Publisher)NPR Review of Chester's Latest, “Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus”Yummy Fur on Wikipedia@DrawnandQuarterlyPhilosophers that inspire Chester:Robert Anton Wilson Colin WislonByron KatieThis Episode is Sponsored By Hairy Tarantula!
Skottie Young throws down with us on Adam Hughes, Daniel Warren Johnson, Mahmud Asrar, commissions, Art Adams, Jim Cheung, dust jackets, I Hate Fairyland, Image-O-Rama: God Country #2 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, and Jason Wordie, Deadly Class, The Belfry one-shot by Gabriel Hardman, and The Old Guard #1 by Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernandez, and Daniela Miwa, Ryan Browne, tangents, Dark Horse-O-Rama: Jeff Lemire and Black Hammer and Heart in a Box by Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren, Riley Rossmo, Jerome Opena, The Kamandi Challenge #2 by Peter J. Tomasi, Neal Adams, and Hi-Fi, Jim Mahfood, Jason Latour, Chris Bachalo, Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown from Drawn and Quarterly, David Rubin, Stuart Immonen, Neil Gaiman, Aesop Rock, Rick Remender, Stephen King, Ryan Stegman, Rocket Raccoon, Wizard of Oz, The Creeps #9 and Jason Paulos from Warrant Publishing, Doctor Strange by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo, Spidey by Robbie Thompson and Nate Stockman, Eric Powell's Hillbilly from Albatross, and a whole mess more!
It's not often that Chester Brown comes out with a new book, but his latest, Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus, was released last month from Drawn & Quarterly...giving the Two Guys with PhDs an occasion to celebrate. And compounding that celebratory spirit is the fact that the artist is now appearing on The Comics Alternative podcast! In this episode, Andy and Derek are pleased to have Chester as their guest, where they talk with him about his new book, the research that went into it, and the reaction he's been getting from readers and critics. Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus is a series of adaptations of Old and New Testament texts as they relate to prostitution and religious observance. In it, Chester interprets the stories of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, Mary of Bethany, and Mary, mother of Jesus, along with other narratives that surround Book of Genesis, the Gospel of Matthew, and the Parables of the Talents and the Prodigal Son. What all of these explorations have in common, and what Chester makes clear during the interview, is how all inform a reading of scripture surrounding sex workers. The guys talk with their guest about these issues and how his previous works -- Paying for It as well as his earlier comics adapting the Gospels of both Mark and Matthew -- may have laid the groundwork for the current study. Much of the conversation is spent on Chester's almost-lifelong research into biblical scholarship, especially as it comes out in the extensive notes he includes in Mary Wept...hand-written annotations that take up almost a third of his book! But Andy and Derek also ask Chester about his earlier comics, such as Ed the Happy Clown, The Playboy, and Louis Riel, the death of serialization within small-press comics, and his single-panel method of composition. In other words, the guys cover a lot of ground during this interview. But as Derek and Andy point out toward the end of this episode, there was some interesting conversation that took place after the guys turned off their recording devices. But fret not; Derek was able to capture some of that talk once they realized how appropriate it would have been in their recorded interview. So if you listen all the way through to the very end of this episode, after the closing theme music, you'll be able to hear a few comments as an extra added bonus. Much thanks, not only to Chester Brown, but to Sook-Yin Lee who helped to make this interview possible by providing her Skype account (and who can be heard in the background toward the end of the podcast preparing dinner).
Ales Kot and Riley Rossmo's Wild Children from Image, Walt Simonson's The Judas Coin, Public Education Volume 2 from Jonathan O'Briant, John Byrne's Legends, Incredible Hulk #13, Spider-Men, Dan Slott and Amazing Spider-Man rumors, Matt Fraction and David Aja's Hawkeye, the Alan Davis Annuals: Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and Wolverine, Abrams Comicarts and Topps' Mars Attacks 50th Anniversary Collection hardcover, The Strange Talent of Luther Strode by Justin Jordan, Tradd Moore, and Felipe Sobreiro from Image, Legends of the Dark Knight #16 by Jeff Parker and Gabriel Hardman, woman colorists, Dorothy and the Wizard in OZ by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young, Parker and Hardman's Secret Avengers, Cable and X-Force, Avengers: Arena by Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker, Declan Shalvey, SpongeBob #12 and Ernest Borgnine, Tony Millionaire, Brandon Graham and PictureBox, Hayao Miyazaki's Nausica of the Valley of Wind, Ed the Happy Clown from Chester Brown and Drawn & Quarterly, Double Barrel #4 from Top Shelf, Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap by Ice-T, Young Justice, Revolution, Transformers Prime, the Covered blog, and much more!