| Brian "Box" Brown | |
|---|---|
 Brown at the Miami Book Fair International, 2014 | |
| Born | Brian Brown 1980 (age 42–43) |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Publisher |
Notable works | André the Giant: Life and Legend Retrofit Comics |
| Awards | Two Ignatz Awards, 2011 Eisner Award, 2019 |
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Brian "Box" Brown (born 1980) is an American cartoonist whose first work was the online comic Bellen![1] He was awarded in 2011 a Xeric Grant for the comic Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing.[2]
In 2011, Brown started a Kickstarter fundraiser[3] to create a new publisher called Retrofit Comics, with the goal of publishing 16 alternative comic books over 16 months.[4] Since completing this goal, Retrofit Comics has continued to publish new comic books every month or two.
Brown created a full-length graphic novel about the professional wrestler André the Giant called André the Giant: Life and Legend. It debuted as ninth bestseller on the New York Times Bestseller List for Paperback Graphic Books and remained on the list for three weeks.[5]
In 2019, his book Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman won the Eisner Award for Best Reality Based Work.[6]
He has a syndicated non-fiction comic strip, Legalization Nation.[7][8]
Graphic novels
- Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing (Top Shelf, 2009)
- The Survivalist (Blank Slate, 2011)
- Number, Issues 1 & 2 (Retrofit / Big Planet Comics, 2014)
- André the Giant: Life and Legend (First Second, 2014)
- An Entity Observes All Things (Retrofit Comics, 2015)
- Tetris: The Games People Play (First Second, 2016)[9][10]
- Powerman (Kilgore Books, 2016)
- Is This Guy for Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman (First Second, 2016).[11]
- Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America (First Second, 2019)
- Child Star (First Second, 2020)
- Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin (with Andrew S. Weiss, First Second, 2022)
- The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood (First Second, 2023)
References
- ↑ "Box Brown / Top Shelf 2.0". Topshelfcomix.com. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Interview: Box Brown's Excellent Adventure". Newsarama. April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Retrofit Comics: The Return of the Alt-comic Floppy". Kickstarter. July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Retrofit Comics has arrived!". Comic Book Resources. September 13, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Best Sellers". The New York Times website. June 1, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. September 23, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ↑ Elissa Esher (January 7, 2022). "Legalization Nation: A provocative cannabis comic for the weed-curious". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ "New syndication options for illustrators". Editor and Publisher. June 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Box Brown Pieces Together the Story of TETRIS – Nerdist". April 26, 2015. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ↑ Brown, Box (May 15, 2017). Tetris: the games people play. OCLC 928492029. Retrieved May 15, 2017 – via Open WorldCat.
- ↑ "Book Review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
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