▁ ▁He ▁continued ▁this ▁with ▁I ▁Never ▁L ik ed ▁You , ▁where ▁he ▁has ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁" try ing ▁to ▁get ▁even ▁more ▁p ared ▁down ▁than ▁The ▁Play boy ". ▁ ▁C ertain ▁in animate ▁objects ▁receive ▁a ▁focus ▁im bu ing ▁them ▁with ▁special ▁significance , ▁such ▁as ▁Ch et ' s ▁habit ual ▁after - school ▁package ▁of ▁s oda ▁crack ers ▁or ▁the ▁Brown ▁family ▁home — a ▁house ▁that , ▁to ▁rev iewer ▁Dar cy ▁S ull ivan , ▁" is ▁as ▁much ▁a ▁character ▁ ▁as ▁in ▁The ▁Play boy ". ▁ ▁Brown ▁drew ▁the ▁pictures ▁before ▁lay ing ▁down ▁the ▁panel ▁borders , ▁which ▁conform ▁to ▁the ▁shapes ▁of ▁the ▁pictures ▁they ▁en closed ▁and ▁are ▁drawn ▁in ▁a ▁wob b ly ▁free - hand ▁much ▁like ▁in ▁the ▁art work ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁B ros ▁Hern ande z ▁or ▁Robert ▁Cr umb . ▁ ▁He ▁drew ▁each ▁panel ▁individually , ▁assemb ling ▁them ▁into ▁pages ▁afterwards . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁original ▁serial ization ▁and ▁first ▁collected ▁edition , ▁they ▁were ▁placed ▁on ▁black ▁background s . ▁He ▁changed ▁to ▁white ▁background s ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁edition . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁and ▁legacy ▁ ▁Brown ' s ▁aut obi ographical ▁work ▁developed ▁from ▁a ▁scene ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁developing ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁which ▁had ▁reached ▁a ▁peak ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s