{"product_id":"ed-the-happy-clown","title":"Ed the Happy Clown","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Chester Brown. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 240 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 1980s (2012 printing)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long out-of-print classic by a master of underground comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the late 1980s, the idiosyncratic Chester Brown (author of the much lauded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaying for It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouis Riel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) began writing the cult classic comic book series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYummy Fur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Within its pages, he serialized the groundbreaking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEd the Happy Clown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, revealing a macabre universe of parallel dimensions. Thanks to its wholly original yet disturbing story lines, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e set the stage for Brown to become a world-renowned cartoonist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEd the Happy Clown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a hallucinatory tale that functions simultaneously as a dark roller-coaster ride of criminal activity and a scathing condemnation of religious and political charlatanism. As the world around him devolves into madness, the eponymous Ed escapes variously from a jealous boyfriend, sewer monsters, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and a janitor with a Jesus complex. Brown leaves us wondering, with every twist of the plot, just how Ed will get out of this scrape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe intimate, tangled world of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEd the Happy Clown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is definitively presented here, repackaged with a new foreword by the author and an extensive notes section, and is, like every Brown book, astonishingly perceptive about the zeitgeist of its time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e“The best comic book series being published today.” —\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of comicdom's maverick masters.” —\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It may be the most extreme art you'll ever encounter.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It delivers a series of moral and cerebral and horndog thwacks . . . It's a real squeamish-making work of art.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times on Paying For It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63482869186890,"sku":"edthehappyclown","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_1017_ebcef82b-a85e-437f-b83c-9b426e0649f5.jpg?v=1789034127","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/ed-the-happy-clown","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}