Brian Evenson delves deeply into the pages of Chester Brown's (Louis Riel,Paying for It) seminal comic-bookYummy Fur, from its beginnings as a mini comic to its afterlife in the graphic novels it spawned. Brian's comics archaeology excavates the discarded fragments of Brown's masterpieceEd The Happy Clown, examines the never re-printed adaptions of theGospels, considers the juxtaposition of religion and absurdism, and meditates on the pleasures of reading serialized pamphlet comic books. The book also features a new interview with Chester Brown, shining a new spotlight on this important work.

Brian Evenson is the author of eleven prize-winning books of fiction, includingThe Open Curtain,Last Days,Windeye, andImmobility. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages. He lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, where he teaches at Brown University.