Chuck Brown (comics artist)

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Chuck Brown
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
 Flawed
Bitter Root
1000
AwardsTwo Eisner Awards
including:
  • Best Continuing Series (2020 and 2022)
Ringo Award

Chuck Brown is an American comics artist known for co-creating the comic book series Bitter Root and Flawed , and the webcomic 1000 .

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Biography

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]

Awards and nominations

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]

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  2. ↑ "Young, Gifted, and Black: An Interview with Comic Book Writer Chuck Brown". sc.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  3. ↑ Johnston, Rich (2017-05-23). "Sanford Greene And Chuck Brown Create New Comic 1000, With Original Hip-Hop Score". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  4. ↑ "LINE Webtoon Presents '1000' From Sanford Greene And Chuck Brown". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  5. ↑ McMillan, Graeme (2018-10-29). "How 'Bitter Root' Brings the Supernatural to 1920s Harlem". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  6. ↑ Coplan, Chris (2022-09-20). "Chuck Brown dissects the violence and healing at the heart of 'Flawed'". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  7. ↑ Mejia, Jessica (2023-04-10). "Richland Library hosts award-winning comic writer Chuck Brown". ABC Columbia. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  8. ↑ "2020 Ringo Award Winners Announced". multiversitycomics.com.
  9. ↑ "2018 Ringo Awards Winners Announced". Multiversity Comics. September 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ Schedeen, Jesse (2020-07-25). "2020 Eisner Award Winners Revealed". IGN. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  11. ↑ Babb, Tiffany (2022-07-23). "The winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards are..." Popverse. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  12. ↑ "The 2020 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards Nominees for Comics". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  13. ↑ "2020 Dragon Award Ballot – The Dragon Award" . Retrieved 2023-12-16.
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