Reception
As one of "The autobiographical comics from Yummy Fur", I Never Liked You placed #38 on the prestigious Comics Journal's list of the 100 best comics of the century. I Never Liked You was also included in Stephen Weiner's book The 101 Best Graphic Novels.
The book is admired by critics and many of Brown's fellow cartoonists. Gilbert Hernandez, of Love and Rockets fame, has said, "The Playboy and I Never Liked You are probably the best graphic novels next to Maus". Norwegian cartoonist Jason said, "ne of my favorite autobiographical comics is I Never Liked You."
Academic Charles Hatfield called the "hide with me" page of I Never Liked You " of my favorite comics pages."
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“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
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