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{{Short description|Comic series by Chris Ware}}
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| creator        = [[Chris Ware]]
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| publisher      = [[Pantheon Books]]
| isbn = 978-037542-432-8
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| origpublication = ''[[Acme Novelty Library]]''
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| main_char_team = Rusty Brown
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'''''Rusty Brown''''' is a continuing series of [[comics]] by American cartoonist [[Chris Ware]], named after its protagonist.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/646068682|title=The Comics of Chris Ware : Drawing Is a Way of Thinking|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=2010|isbn=978-1-60473-446-1|editor-last=Ball|editor-first=David|location=Jackson|pages=224|oclc=646068682|editor-last2=Kuhlman|editor-first2=Martha}}</ref> In the strip, Brown is shown as a young [[Nebraska]]n boy and as a man approaching middle age, who has a lifelong obsession with collecting [[action figure]]s and similar [[pop culture|pop cultural]] detritus, particularly [[Supergirl]].

Rusty Brown's only friend throughout his life is Chalky White. White is also a collector of [[G.I. Joe]] and other action figures, but gives up collecting as he grows up, gets married, and starts a family, unlike his friend Rusty, who remains locked in a permanent manchild state, always looking for elements of his lost childhood like [[lunchbox]]es, [[Funny Face Drink Mix|Funny Face]] drink cups, and more.

A recurring theme in the series is Rusty's greedy, egocentric, and bold behavior opposed to Chalky's kind, timid, and often naïve nature. Rusty is often utilizing tricks to swindle Chalky of his action figures, while Chalky, being highly gullible, is never able to see through Rusty's true nature.

[[Pantheon Books]] published in September 2019 the first volume of ''Rusty Brown'' (collecting stories Ware began writing and illustrating in 2001).

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