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

_______________________________ 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

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

lollapalooza: (informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lollapalooza

___________________________ 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