The Playboy

Chester Brown's The Playboy is a single-issue autobiographical comic from Drawn & Quarterly, originally published in 1992. The story offers a candid, introspective look at the artist's adolescence and his conflicted relationship with pornography, exploring themes of guilt, sexuality, and Catholic upbringing. Brown's stark, expressive linework and unflinching honesty make this a quietly significant work of confessional cartooning, emblematic of the era's rise in personal, alternative comics.