Chuck Brown | |
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Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Flawed Bitter Root 1000 |
Awards | Two Eisner Awards including:
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Chuck Brown is an American comics artist known for co-creating the comic book series Bitter Root and Flawed , and the webcomic 1000 .
Brown grew up in Latta, South Carolina. He attended Benedict College, where he created the comic book American Empire with several other students. [1] The series was set in a universe where the United States was a front for an evil empire that controlled the world. [2] After graduating, he began working and eventually had a job in IT at the University of South Carolina. [1]
In 2017, Brown co-created 1000 with Sanford Greene. [3] Brown and Greene had previously worked together creating Dark Horse Comics' Rotten Apple. [4] Brown quit his IT job in 2021, during the Covid pandemic, so that he could become a full-time comics creator. [1]
Brown co-created Bitter Root , a comic book about monster hunters in the Harlem Renaissance, with Sanford Greene and David F. Walker. [5]
He wrote the Image Comics series Flawed , about Gem Ezz, a psychiatrist who moonlights as a vigilante. It debuted on September 28, 2022. [6] Brown has also written runs of Marvel Comics and DC Comics, such as Black Panther , Wolverine , Punisher , Superman , Black Manta and Aquaman . [7]
He has received a Ringo Award for Best Series for Bitter Root, [8] and Best Webcomic for 1000. [9] Bitter Root won the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2020 and 2022. [10] [11] The series was also nominated for the Golden Issue Award, [12] and the Dragon Award. [13]