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American cartoonist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Born | Brian Brown 1980 (age 43–44) |
Area(s) | Cartoonist, Publisher |
Notable works | André the Giant: Life and Legend Retrofit Comics |
Awards | Two Ignatz Awards, 2011 Eisner Award, 2019 |
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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]
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