{"product_id":"9781770460751","title":"Ed the Happy Clown","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eEd the Happy Clown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Chester Brown\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA LONG-OUT-OF-PRINT CLASIC BY A MASTER OF UNDERGROUND COMICS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn the late 1980s, the idiosyncratic Chester Brown (author of the muchlauded \u003ci\u003ePaying for It \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLouis Riel\u003c\/i\u003e) began writing the cult classic comic book series \u003ci\u003eYummy Fur\u003c\/i\u003e. Within its pages, he serialized the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eEd the Happy Clown\u003c\/i\u003e, revealing a macabre universe of parallel dimensions. Thanks to its wholly original yet disturbing story lines, \u003ci\u003eEd \u003c\/i\u003eset the stage for Brown to become a world-renowned cartoonist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEd the Happy Clown \u003c\/i\u003eis 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intimate, tangled world of \u003ci\u003eEd the Happy Clown \u003c\/i\u003eis 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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The best comic book series being published today.” —\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of comicdom's maverick masters.” —\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It may be the most extreme art you'll ever encounter.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781770460751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40593304518862,"sku":"9781770460751","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_db830cf8-2277-480f-8dfb-547007154419.jpg?v=1637785765","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781770460751","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}