Chester Brown

b. 1960

2 standalone books

Chester Brown was born in Montreal, Canada, on May 16, 1960, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Chateauguay. At nineteen, he moved to Toronto, where he began self-publishing his work in photocopied mini-comics under the title Yummy Fur in 1983. His work caught the attention of comic book publishers, leading to his involvement with the Toronto-based Vortex Comics in 1986. The first Vortex issue of Yummy Fur sold well, prompting Brown to leave his day job and work full time as a cartoonist. He serialized a humorous story called Ed the Happy Clown in the pages of Yummy Fur, which was later published as a graphic novel in 1989. The novel became a cult classic and helped establish Brown as a prominent creator.

Born

1960