| Jeffrey Brown | |
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| Born | July 1975 (age 47) Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Clumsy Unlikely Bighead Incredible Change-Bots A Matter Of Life Darth Vader and Son Star Wars: Jedi Academy |
| Awards | Ignatz Award, 2003 Eisner Award, 2013, 2014 |
| http://www.jeffreybrowncomics.com | |
Jeffrey Brown (born July 1975 [1] ) is an American cartoonist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. [2] By the time he finished his studies, Brown had abandoned painting and started drawing comics seriously.
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Brown specializes in personal and intimate works detailing moments in relationships. He writes and draws his comics in sketchbooks, and his drawing style mirrors the strain and awkwardness of the situations he depicts. His first self-published book, Clumsy (2002), appeared seemingly out of nowhere to grab attention from cartoonists and comics fans, alike. Brown wrote and drew Clumsy while at the School of the Art Institute. [3]
Established as a sensitive chronicler of bittersweet young-adult romance and nonsensical superhero parody, Brown's current direction remains split between autobiographical material, examining the minutiae of everyday life, whatever humorous fiction he feels in the mood for, and a wide range of fiction subjects in his series Sulk. Brown has also created two series of books set in the Star Wars expanded universe (under the "Legends" & "Infinities" brands).
In 2012, Brown told USA Today that Mark Alan Stamaty's picture book Small in the Saddle influenced his own career and about subsequently meeting its author; Brown's girlfriend (and later his wife) had helped him find a copy. [4]
Brown lives in Chicago with his wife Jennifer, a former Marvel Comics business development executive, and their two sons. [5] [6]
Brown's most popular works — Clumsy (2002; the story of a long-distance relationship), Unlikely (the story of how Brown lost his virginity), and AEIOU (Any Easy Intimacy (Over Us)) — comprise the so-called "Girlfriend Trilogy" and its epilogue, Every Girl is the End of the World For Me. More recently, his autobiographical work has included Little Things, and the memoirs Funny Misshapen Body and A Matter Of Life. His humorous works include Bighead (a super-hero parody), I Am Going To Be Small, Cat Getting Out Of A Bag, Kids Are Weird, and the graphic novel series Incredible Change-Bots .
His work has been featured in MOME Summer 2005, Vol. 1, as well as Drawn & Quarterly Showcase, McSweeney's #13, and The Best American Comics 2007. He was also featured in local newspapers such as the Chicago Reader and NewCity.[ citation needed ]
Brown's "To Phoenix I'm Sorry I Missed You" was published in the Spring 2008 issue of The Florida Review.[ citation needed ]
Brown has written and drawn seven books set in the Star Wars expanded universe. These include four humorous takes on Darth Vader as a hapless father to young Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia — Darth Vader and Son, Vader's Little Princess, Goodnight, Darth Vader, and Darth Vader and Friends — and three volumes in the Jedi Academy series, which are young-adult novels done in the mixed cartooning and diary style of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.[ citation needed ]
He won an Ignatz Award in 2003 in the category of Outstanding Mini-Comic, for I Am Going To Be Small. [7]
James Kochalka has called Brown's Clumsy his "favorite graphic novel ever." [8] Clumsy (2002) was originally self-published and was later published by Top Shelf Productions; as of 2007, an estimated 20,000 copies have been printed, according to an interview with Brown in The Comics Journal . [9]
Brown won back-to-back Eisner Awards for Best Humor Publication, for Darth Vader And Son (2013) [10] and Vader's Little Princess (2014). [11]
Brown has contributed to NPR's This American Life (April 18, 2003). [12]
Brown directed the animated music video for Death Cab for Cutie's "Your Heart is an Empty Room" (April 11, 2006). [13]
He was featured in Bruce Parsons' documentary Drawing Between The Lines (2009). [14] [15]
He illustrated the movie poster for the feature-length documentary Rabbit Fever (2009). [16]
He co-wrote the feature film, Save the Date (2012), with Egan Reich and Michael Mohan. The film, directed by Mohan, stars Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Martin Starr, Geoffrey Arend, and Mark Webber. [17] [18]
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