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| rdfs:comment | - The work is noted for its emotional disengagement, its intentionally flat dialogue, and a minimalist drawing style inspired by that of Harold Gray's comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Unusual for comics of the time, it includes a full scholarly apparatus: a foreword, index, bibliography and end notes. The lengthy, hand-lettered appendix provides insight on Brown's creative process and biases, highlighting where he changed historical facts to create a more engaging story, such as incorporating a conspiracy theory not widely accepted by historians. Brown became interested in the issue of property rights while researching the book, which led to a public change in his politics from anarchism to libertarianism.
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| Footer | - Photographs of the book's two adversaries
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| 1y | - 2002
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- 2003-05-30
- May 2002
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| 2y | - 2002
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- 2003-05-30
- February 2003
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| 1a | - Marshall
- Bell
- Brown
- Booker
- Arnold
- Paquin
- Reid
- Weisblott
- Lander
- Epp
- Hajdu
- Hutcheon
- Kreiner
- MacKay
- Shulgan
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| Alt | - Louis Riel
- John A. Macdonald
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| Image | - John A Macdonald .jpg
- Louis Riel.jpg
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| 2A | - Marshall
- Baker
- Bell
- Brown
- Booker
- Arnold
- Park
- Paquin
- Adams
- Atkinson
- Wright
- MacDonald
- Wolk
- Epp
- Canada Council staff
- Hajdu
- Indian Country Today
- Shulgan
- Tousley
- Wivel
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| Source | - Chester Brown, interview with Dave Sim
- Chester Brown, interview with Matthias Wivel
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| Quote | - "My ... one goal was to make the artwork look as much as the artwork in Little Orphan Annie as possible, I was trying to draw like Harold Gray"
- "I read and thought, 'That's a good dramatic story—it'd make a good strip.'"
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| abstract | - The work is noted for its emotional disengagement, its intentionally flat dialogue, and a minimalist drawing style inspired by that of Harold Gray's comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Unusual for comics of the time, it includes a full scholarly apparatus: a foreword, index, bibliography and end notes. The lengthy, hand-lettered appendix provides insight on Brown's creative process and biases, highlighting where he changed historical facts to create a more engaging story, such as incorporating a conspiracy theory not widely accepted by historians. Brown became interested in the issue of property rights while researching the book, which led to a public change in his politics from anarchism to libertarianism. Although Brown intended it to be published only in book form, Louis Riel was initially serialized in ten issues between 1999 and 2003. The series was the first comic book to receive a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. It was critically well received, and won three Harvey Awards. The serialization sold poorly, but the book version was a surprise bestseller. Its success played a major part in gaining shelf space for serious graphic novels in mainstream North American bookstores. __TOC__
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