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Friday, October 13, 2006
Tracking Chester
:: Posted by Bryan @ 10/13/2006 04:12:00 AM In preparation for Chester Brown's visit to Edmonton next Monday, Josef Braun interviews the Louis Riel author for Vue Weekly on the subject of the liberties he takes with history:
"Obviously, it's highly creative," Brown says. "I've had to make up dialogue, and in my drawings imagine would have happened in a particular moment. This pulls us into the realm of fiction. But on the other hand, I don't think my concerns are those of conventional fiction, which often has more to do with getting into the emotional life of the characters. I wasn't interested in that. I wanted to present the events in a way that would offer some rough approximation of what really happened."
As well, Dave Sim has announced a contest on his blog relating to the Chester Brown Tour:
"WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME BLOG & MAIL MARKET RESEARCH. IS THERE ANY CHET/DAVE CROSSOVER AUDIENCE AT PORTAGE & MAIN? ACROSS THE VAST WHEATFIELDS OF THE PROVINCE THAT GAVE US JOHN DIEFENBAKER (GOD REST HIS SOUL)? IN THE TARSANDS OIL PATCH? IN OVEPRICED DEFINITELY NOT STARBUCKS COFFEE HOUSES IN VANCOUVER & VICTORIA? IF THE BLOG & MAIL OFFERS TO MAIL THEM A SIGNED COPY OF CEREBUS (SIGNED BY CHESTER, DAVE & GERHARD) WITH PART OF THE "GETTING RIEL" DIALOGUE
JUST FOR SHOWING UP WITH A PIECE OF PAPER WITH THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS ON IT AND GIVING IT TO CHET
WILL THEY DO IT?* HOW MANY OF THEM WILL DO IT*? ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!
[*PLUS OR MINUS 3 TO 5% 19 TIMES OUT OF TWENTY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE. I ALSO SUGGESTED THAT CHET AND I COULD DO A JAM DRAWING OF LOUIS RIEL AND CEREBUS FOR ANYONE SHOWING UP DRESSED AS LOUIS RIEL AND CHET LAUGHED REALLY LOUDLY BUT THE IMPRESSION THAT I GOT WAS THAT THIS WAS NOT EXACTLY THE WAY HE WANTED TO BE SEEN AT THE VARIOUS HIGH-END BOOKSTORES AND WRITERS' CONFERENCES HE'S BEEN INVITED TO SO I CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING BUT IF ANY YAHOOS WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT A TRY AND POST A PICTURE HERE OF THEM DRESSED AS LOUIS RIEL WITH CHESTER AT ANY OF THE TOUR STOPS…]
COME ON, WESTERN CANADA!
DON'T LET THAT EASTERN BASTARD FREEZE IN THE DARK!
COME OUT & SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR CHESTER BROWN!"
Brown is in Calgary on Saturday, October 14th where he will meet up with Svetlana Chmakova and Andrew Foley for WordFest, at the Calgary Public Library from 2-3PM ($12 Admission).
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