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For the abolitionist, see Henry Box Brown.

Box Brown
Brown at the Miami Book Fair International, 2014
BornBrian Brown
1980 (age 45–46)
AreaCartoonist, Publisher
Notable works
André the Giant: Life and Legend
Retrofit Comics
AwardsTwo Ignatz Awards, 2011 Eisner Award, 2019
www.boxbrown.com

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)[12]
  • Child Star (First Second, 2020)[13]
  • 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

  1. ↑ "Box Brown / Top Shelf 2.0". Topshelfcomix.com. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Box Brown's Excellent Adventure". Newsarama. April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Retrofit Comics: The Return of the Alt-comic Floppy". Kickstarter. July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Retrofit Comics has arrived!". Comic Book Resources. September 13, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Best Sellers". The New York Times website. June 1, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. September 23, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ Elissa Esher (January 7, 2022). "Legalization Nation: A provocative cannabis comic for the weed-curious". San Francisco Chronicle.
  8. ↑ "New syndication options for illustrators". Editor and Publisher. June 16, 2022.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ Brown, Box (May 15, 2017). Tetris: the games people play. OCLC 928492029.
  11. ↑ "Book Review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ Rodriguez, Red (August 15, 2024). "Brian "Box Brown", The Cartoonist Drawing Cannabis Legalization into the Spotlight". stupidDOPE.
  13. ↑ Alverson, Brigid (April 10, 2020). "Brian "Box" Brown Turns to Fiction". PublishersWeekly.com.

External links

  • Official website
  • Retrofit Comics


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