I Never Liked You is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Chester
Brown (pictured). The story first ran between 1991 and 1993 in Brown's
comic book Yummy Fur, and was published in book form in 1994. It deals
with the teenage Brown's introversion and difficulty talking to others,
especially members of the opposite sex—including his mother, to whom
he is unable to express affection even as she lies dying in the
hospital. The story has minimal dialogue and is sparsely narrated. The
drawings are amongst the simplest in Brown's body of work—some pages
consist only of a single small panel. The uncomplicated artwork of his
friend and fellow Toronto cartoonist Seth inspired him to simplify his
own. I Never Liked You was the last work of Brown's early
autobiographical period. The book appeared amid an early-1990s trend in
autobiographical alternative comics, and Brown was one of a prominent
trio of Toronto-based autobiographical cartoonists, with Seth and Joe
Matt. It was well received, and its influence can be found in the work
of cartoonists such as Jeffrey Brown, Ariel Schrag and Anders Nilsen.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Never_Liked_You>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1767:
Troops of the Burmese Konbaung Dynasty sacked the Siamese city
of Ayutthaya to end the Burmese–Siamese War, bringing the four-
century-old Ayutthaya Kingdom to an end.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese%E2%80%93Siamese_War_(1765%E2%80%9367)>
1805:
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third
Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Beethoven)>
1940:
Educator Booker T. Washington became the first African American
to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington>
1955:
Aware that he was slowing down both physically and mentally in
his old age, Winston Churchill retired as Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill>
1995:
First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre
of at least 250 civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samashki_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lollapalooza:
(informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lollapalooza>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it
when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow
old, Or let me die!
--William Wordsworth
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth>