, ▁sometimes ▁limited ▁to ▁a ▁single , ▁small ▁panel ▁on ▁a ▁page , ▁sometimes ▁up ▁to ▁seven ▁or ▁eight . ▁ ▁The ▁layout ▁and ▁repet ition ▁of ▁pan els ▁affect s ▁p acing , ▁slow ing ▁or ▁quick ening ▁scene . ▁ ▁Brown ▁abandoned ▁the ▁grid ▁layout ▁he ▁had ▁used ▁in ▁earlier ▁works ▁for ▁more ▁varied , ▁organ ic ▁layout s . ▁ ▁Background s ▁establish ▁the ▁m ood ▁of ▁a ▁scene , ▁harm on izing ▁or ▁contrast ing ▁with ▁the ▁action — as ▁when ▁Ch et ▁and ▁Con nie ▁return ▁from ▁the ▁mov ies ▁amongst ▁a ▁rom antic ▁snow - cover ed , ▁star ry ▁landscape , ▁against ▁an ▁awk ward ▁silence ▁acc ent u ated ▁by ▁panel ▁that ▁grow , ▁making ▁the ▁figures ▁appear ▁ever ▁more ▁ins ign ific ant . ▁ ▁The ▁cart oon ing ▁is ▁far ▁lo oser ▁than ▁in ▁Brown ' s ▁earlier ▁work , ▁and ▁concerned ▁more ▁with ▁gesture ▁and ▁expression ▁than ▁literal ▁detail . ▁They ▁are ▁rendered ▁with ▁a ▁br ush , ▁and ▁amongst ▁the ▁simplest ▁and ▁sp ars est ▁in ▁his ▁body ▁of ▁work . ▁There ▁is ▁non eth eless ▁a ▁significant ▁amount ▁of ▁h atch ing , ▁and ▁the ▁background s ▁are ▁natural istic , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁thin , ▁dist orted ▁figures . ▁ ▁Brown ▁had ▁been ▁par ing ▁his ▁art work ▁since ▁the ▁Play boy ▁stories , ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁happy ▁with ▁his ▁style ▁and ▁sought ▁" to ▁re build ▁ ▁style ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁that ▁ ▁would ▁like ".