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Design Matters with Debbie Millman cover image

Chris Ware + Chip Kidd

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

CHAPTER

Rusty Brown - A Novel About Racism and Race in Comics

The name rusty brown is based on a character designed for a rust proofing company in chicago. There was a sticker on the rear window of a used car that i bought for this character named rusty jones, and its just random. It doesn't sound like the name of a serious book. But i seem to have this problem with almost everything i do. I love tad ihave moby t so before we we talk specifically about the characters, i want to ask you why you titled the book rusty brown. Because he's only one of several characters and is certainly not the main character of this first book. Plus, it's a really embarrassing thing to say, um, like rusty

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