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Yeah, that is Chester Brown in Seth's book. They're good friends, and pop up in each other's work often. Well, less so now that neither is doing strictly autobio anymore...
Absolutely get Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks. (Oringinally serialized in Pickle, with additional material in the trade.) It's a great take on comics as a whole, but actually told with the framework of a compelling narrative, unlike a lot of the other self-referential stuff out there. He puts together a whole environment in a very small space, really cutting to the meat of things while at the same time achieving a languid pace with the story. He's got a blocky, initally off-putting style that really grew on me, primarily through his great ability to tell a story. He's got a new thing going now - Atlas, I think it's called. One issue out so far and quite promising. I'm really looking forward to more of it.
Sturm I like as well. There's info on The Golem's Mighty Swing here. He came to my attention with The Cereal Killings, which was promising but not spectacular. Better was The Revival which actually bears a great resemblance to Chet Brown's current book. Get that one and then Golem. Info here.
I'm not much of a fan of Prewitt. Sof' Boy is cute, but not much more than that. A lot of what Prewitt gets at with his stuff is done a lot better in Steven and in Tony Millionaire's Maakies.
Much more worth your time is Jon Lewis' work, True Swamp, which is just that - True - and goddamned funny to boot. Imagine a lighthearted Bukowski writing dialogue for swamp creatures and you begin to see. But no funny animals here, this is hilarious and not at all cute. Don't be swayed by the early, very sketchy art - very much like Eddie Campbell he warms up quickly.
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