Matches in DBpedia 2015-04 for { ?s ?p "Ed the Happy Clown is a fictional character by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown. Ed is a large-headed, childlike children's clown who undergoes one horrifying affliction after another. The Ed the Happy Clown story in which he appears is a dark, humorous mix of genres and features scatological humour, sex, body horror, extreme graphic violence, and blasphemous religious imagery. Central to the plot are a man who cannot stop defecating; the head of a miniature, other-dimensional Ronald Reagan attached to the head of Ed's penis; and a female vampire who seeks revenge on her adulterous lover who had murdered her to escape his sins.The dark, surreal, and largely improvised story began with a series of unrelated short strips that Brown went on to tie into a single narrative. Originally serialized in Brown's comic book Yummy Fur, the story was first collected by Vortex Comics in 1989 in an incomplete volume called Ed the Happy Clown: A Yummy Fur Book. Brown became unsatisfied with the direction of the serial and brought it to an abrupt end in the eighteenth issue of Yummy Fur, for the following few years focusing on autobiographical comics. A second edition titled Ed the Happy Clown: The Definitive Ed Book appeared in 1992 with an altered ending and most of the later parts of the series eliminated. The contents of this edition were re-serialized with extensive endnotes in 2005–2006 as a nine-issue Ed the Happy Clown series and collected as Ed the Happy Clown: A Graphic Novel in 2012.The story is seen as a highlight of the 1980s alternative comics scene in North America. Its influence has been felt on contemporary alternative cartoonists such as Daniel Clowes, Seth, and Dave Sim, and has won a Harvey and other awards. Canadian film director Bruce McDonald has had the rights since 1991 to make an Ed movie, but the project has struggled to get financial backing."@en }
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- Ed_the_Happy_Clown abstract "Ed the Happy Clown is a fictional character by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown. Ed is a large-headed, childlike children's clown who undergoes one horrifying affliction after another. The Ed the Happy Clown story in which he appears is a dark, humorous mix of genres and features scatological humour, sex, body horror, extreme graphic violence, and blasphemous religious imagery. Central to the plot are a man who cannot stop defecating; the head of a miniature, other-dimensional Ronald Reagan attached to the head of Ed's penis; and a female vampire who seeks revenge on her adulterous lover who had murdered her to escape his sins.The dark, surreal, and largely improvised story began with a series of unrelated short strips that Brown went on to tie into a single narrative. Originally serialized in Brown's comic book Yummy Fur, the story was first collected by Vortex Comics in 1989 in an incomplete volume called Ed the Happy Clown: A Yummy Fur Book. Brown became unsatisfied with the direction of the serial and brought it to an abrupt end in the eighteenth issue of Yummy Fur, for the following few years focusing on autobiographical comics. A second edition titled Ed the Happy Clown: The Definitive Ed Book appeared in 1992 with an altered ending and most of the later parts of the series eliminated. The contents of this edition were re-serialized with extensive endnotes in 2005–2006 as a nine-issue Ed the Happy Clown series and collected as Ed the Happy Clown: A Graphic Novel in 2012.The story is seen as a highlight of the 1980s alternative comics scene in North America. Its influence has been felt on contemporary alternative cartoonists such as Daniel Clowes, Seth, and Dave Sim, and has won a Harvey and other awards. Canadian film director Bruce McDonald has had the rights since 1991 to make an Ed movie, but the project has struggled to get financial backing.".