Chester Brown, Will Write For Chocolate

Last night I went to a talk by Chester Brown at the North York Central Library, where Chester is the writer-in-residence from April to June. The talk was excellent; Chester talked about the world of graphic novels and graphic novel publishing from the perspective of his own experiences...how he got interested in comics, his struggles to get noticed in the industry, his influences.

The venue was great: a small meeting room on the second floor, with a good sound system. Chester used an overhead projector to show us various comics by himself as well as comic artists who have been an influence. We also got to see roughs for his most recent project: the front and back covers of "Lady Chatterley's Lover," one of the new Penguin Classics which feature the work of comic artists. You can see covers by some of the other artists here.

My friend Rand told me about Chester's I Never Liked You, which I loved. That got me interested in autobiographical comics in general and eventually inspired me to start My Life In A Nutshell.

Thanks to Ruth for telling me about the talk!

Will Write For Chocolate has been updated with a new comic and a column. Column topic: Tax Tips For Freelancers.

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