{"product_id":"9781770462458","title":"The Little Man: Short Strips, 1980-1995","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"One of the medium's brilliant mavericks.\" -Time.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Man: Short Strips, 1980-1995 \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of short-story works by the celebrated and bestselling \u003ci\u003eLouis Riel\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist Chester Brown. From his early experimental comedic surrealism to his later autobiographical and essay strips, we see not a major talent in development but a fully realized storytelling virtuoso. Included are his early autobiographical stories \"Helder\" (a story about a young man's tentativeness when pursuing a woman), \"Showing Helder\" (a blow-by-blow account of the construction of the previous story), and \"Danny\" (a strangely compelling moment-by-moment account of Brown waking up and trying to avoid contact with a fellow rooming-house tenant). Other standouts are Brown's controversial essay on schizophrenia (specifically his own mother's) and various medical views on this baffling disease, and the title story, \"The Little Man,\" a Freudian classroom romp fantasy by a adolescent Brown that ties into the schizophrenia essay in a surprising way. The acclaimed compendium, culled mostly from his groundbreaking comic book series Yummy Fur, provides a fascinating insight into Brown's psyche; he rounds out the collection with exacting notes on each story.","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636652495089,"sku":"9781770462458","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781770462458_p0.jpg?v=1788293376","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770462458","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}