Chester Brown reinvents the comic-book medium to create the critically-acclaimed historical biography Louis Riel, winning the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, ...

Brown's exploration of the life of a fictional 19th-century Canadian revolutionary Riel is a strong contender for the best graphic novel ever. Over five years in the making, Brown's work is completely ...

Louis Riel was a Metis—half Indian, half French, or a half-breed as the British Canadians liked to call his people. In the latter half of the 19th Century, he fought for his people to be seen as equal ...

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"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.