"If you love to read a gripping story, if you are awed by the talent of an artist, then look no further: Chester Brown's Louis Riel is comix history in the making, and with it, history never looked so good. Canadian history at its best, Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography is entertaining and accessible for all ages. He crafts a compelling and meticulous retelling of the charismatic 19th-century Métis leader, regarded by some as a martyr and by others as a treacherous murderer. History of Red River Rebellion, Manitoba, and Canada under PM John A MacDonald. Publishers Weekly hailed the book as a "contender for best graphic novel ever."Ĭhester Brown reinvents the comic book medium to create a historical biography on Louis Riel. A limited-edition reprint of Brown's celebrated biography of the Canadian rebel Louis Riel tells the story of the charismatic, and perhaps mad, nineteenth-century Metis leader whose struggle to. 2004 Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography by Chester Brown. Brown received the Harvey Award for best writing and best graphic novel, and made several Best of the Year lists. Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography is the book that launched the graphic novel medium in Canada. The bestselling graphic novel on Canada's infamous folk hero is back in a paperback edition with a new cover by Chester Brown.
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