Louis Riel
Subtitle: a comic-strip biography
By: Chester Brown.
Edition: 1st hardcover ed.
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly; Distributed in the USA by Chronicle Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Montréal; San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Riel, Louis, -- 1844-1885 -- Comic books, strips, etc
Genres: Comic books, strips, etc.
Description: Martyr or Madman? The Passionate Rebel History Can't Close The Book On. Is this the future of comics? Respectably penning the dowdy pages of history? Don't be fooled. This is one of the hippest comics going and will be a controversial must-have in 2003. Legendary cartoonist Chester Brown reveals in the dusty closet of Canadian history there are some skeletons that won't stop rattling. To some Louis Riel was one of the founding fathers of a nation but to others he was a murderer who nearly tore a country apart. A man so charismatic he was elected to government twice while in exile with a prize on his head--but so impassioned his dramatic behavior cast serious doubts on his sanity. Riel took on the army, the government, the Queen, and even the Church in the name of freedom. Will Riel's visionary democracy ever be enough to defend him from the verdict of history?
Notes: "This work was originally serialized, in a slightly different version, in the 10-issue comic book series Louis Riel, published by Drawn & Quarterly between 1999 and 2003"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269) and index.