Funny Misshapen Body: A Memoir

By Jeffrey Brown

Funny Misshapen Body is the story of Jeffrey Brown's evolution as a cartoonist, from his youthful obsession with superhero comics to his disillusionment with fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Drawn with Brown's scratchy, spare, trademark style, Funny Misshapen Body resonates with true-to-life observations on love, fear, and ambition. Through his bare bones graphic style, he reveals his most embarrassing personal moments in raw, intimate detail -- including how he survived high school, binge drinking, mild drug experimentation, doomed friendships, and being diagnosed with Crohn's disease.

Ultimately coming to terms with his art and identity, Brown describes the ups and downs of his adolescence with understated simplicity, dark humor, and charm.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Release date: Apr 7, 2009
• ISBN: 9781439159293

Jeffrey Brown

Jeffrey Brown is the critically acclaimed author of Clumsy, Unlikely, AEIOU, I Am Going to be Small, Bighead, and Little Things. He has been featured in Best American Comics, McSweeney's, and Mome, as well as on This American Life. 

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ALSO BY JEFFREY BROWN

LITTLE THINGS

INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS

CAT GETTING OUT OF A BAG

I AM GOING TO BE SMALL

EVERY GIRL IS THE END OF THE WORLD FOR ME

AEIOU: ANY EASY INTIMACY

BIGHEAD

UNLIKELY

CLUMSY

FUNNY MISSHAPEN BODY

JEFFREY BROWN

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First Touchstone trade paperback edition April 2009

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

ISBN-13:  978-1-4165-4947-5

ISBN-10:         1-4165-4947-1

eISBN-13: 978-1-4391-5929-3

FUNNY MISSHAPEN BODY

Reviews for Funny Misshapen Body

[jewel.barnett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is an amazing true story that I did not like putting down.
Now I want to read everything else Mr. Brown has created.
It shows the amazing things that happen when we don't give up.

[rjfrizz · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

awesome

[meditationesmartini · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Guy seems to think it's enough to just lead us through his boring life and banal struggles with his art,and not try to make them funny or charming. Occasionally some charm sneaks through despite itself, like his face when he eats ice chips or the biker with the Dutch-themed tattoos who comes in to buy wooden shoes. And a few of his experiences are out of the ordinary (=interesting), like when he gets Crohn's disease. But basically he comes across as one of those c-list nerds that stand mopey and awkward at parties in their big shirts behind their more charismatic leaders.