Box Brown
- For the abolitionist, see Henry Box Brown
| Box Brown | |
|---|---|
 Brown at the Miami Book Fair International, 2014 | |
| Born |
Brian Brown 1980 (age 35–36) |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Publisher |
Notable works |
André the Giant: Life and Legend Retrofit Comics |
| Awards | Ignatz Award, 2011 |
| http://boxbrown.com | |
Box Brown (born Brian Brown 1980) is an Ignatz Award-winning[1] American cartoonist whose first work was the online comic Bellen!.[2] He was the winner of a 2011 Xeric Grant for the comic Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing.[3]
In 2011, Brown started a Kickstarter fundraiser[4] to create a new publisher called Retrofit Comics, with the goal of publishing 16 alternative comic books over 16 months.[5] 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, for First Second Books, published in May 2014. It debuted as ninth bestseller on the New York Times Bestseller List for Paperback Graphic Books and remained on the list for three weeks.[6]
In 2016, Brown published a book about the videogame Tetris called Tetris: The Games People Play through First Second Books. [7][8]
References
- ↑ "Ignatz Award 2011 Winners". SPX Expo website. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ↑ "Box Brown / Top Shelf 2.0". Topshelfcomix.com. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ↑ "Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Interview: Box Brown's Excellent Adventure". Blog.newsarama.com. 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ↑ "Retrofit Comics: The Return of the Alt-comic Floppy". kickstarter.com. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ↑ "Retrofit Comics has arrived! | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment". Robot6.comicbookresources.com. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ↑ "Best Sellers". The New York Times website. 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ↑ http://nerdist.com/exclusive-box-brown-pieces-together-the-story-of-tetris/
- ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/tetris-the-games-people-play/oclc/928492029&referer=brief_results