· January 23rd, Chester Brown didn’t want his book to be called Paying for It, but as the title of a “comic strip memoir about being a john” it seems pretty fitting. Not only for its obvious sense, in which “it” is clearly “sex,” but also in its other, metaphorical sense of paying the price for an apparently blameworthy act. But if “it” is the standard coy replacement for “sex,” sex is no longer the Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins. Chester Brown’s eloquent, spare artwork stands out in this paperback edition. Paying for It combines the personal and sexual aspects of Brown’s autobiographical work (I Never Liked You, The Playboy) with the polemical drive of Louis Riel. Brown calmly lays out the facts of how he became not only a willing participant in, but a vocal proponent of one of the world’s most hot-button topics—www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins. In a nutshell, Paying For It is an account of author-artist Chester Brown's decision to completely forsake romance and instead periodically engage prostitutes. The bulk of the comic simply depicts his interactions with sex workers, though significant Paying For It is a unique blend of memoir and polemic, which leaves me in a tricky position as a reviewer/5().
It's honest." Brown's honesty will put some readers off: the Canadian cartoonist's latest work is an account of his experiences as a client of almost 30 prostitutes between and The practicalities of the sex trade are explored in an unsparing fashion that is often funny and often. Brad Mackay reviews Paying for It, by Chester Brown. In the early s, my girlfriend and I considered it our duty as self-righteous university undergrads to write to cartoonist Chester Brown concerning a story in his comic book Yummy Fur. Chester Brown's eloquent, spare artwork stands out in this paperback edition. Paying for It combines the personal and sexual aspects of Brown's autobiographical work (I Never Liked You, The Playboy) with the polemical drive of Louis Riel. He calmly lays out the facts of how he became not only a.
So for the Canadian comic artist Chester Brown to announce in his graphic memoir, “Paying for It,” that he is a john is truly groundbreaking. You don’t have to like comics to relish this book. January 23rd, Chester Brown didn’t want his book to be called Paying for It, but as the title of a “comic strip memoir about being a john” it seems pretty fitting. Not only for its obvious sense, in which “it” is clearly “sex,” but also in its other, metaphorical sense of paying the price for an apparently blameworthy act. But if “it” is the standard coy replacement for “sex,” sex is no longer the unmentionable act it once was. In a nutshell, Paying For It is an account of author-artist Chester Brown's decision to completely forsake romance and instead periodically engage prostitutes. The bulk of the comic simply depicts his interactions with sex workers, though significant Paying For It is a unique blend of memoir and polemic, which leaves me in a tricky position as a reviewer.
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