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{{short description|American cartoonist}}
{{short description|American cartoonist}}
{{For|the abolitionist|Henry Box Brown}}
{{For|the abolitionist|Henry Box Brown}}
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| name = Brian "Box" Brown
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| caption = Brown at the [[Miami Book Fair International]], 2014
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| awards = Two [[Ignatz Awards]], 2011
| awards = Two [[Ignatz Awards]], 2011
[[Eisner Award]], 2019
[[Eisner Award]], 2019
| website = http://boxbrown.com
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'''Brian "Box" Brown''' (born '''Brian Brown''' 1980) is an American [[cartoonist]] whose first work was the online comic ''Bellen!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topshelfcomix.com/ts2.0/artist/318 |title=Box Brown / Top Shelf 2.0 |publisher=Topshelfcomix.com |date= |access-date=2011-10-02}}</ref>
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He was awarded in 2011 a [[Xeric Grant]] for the comic ''Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/04/02/interview-box-browns-excellent-adventure/ |title=Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Interview: Box Brown's Excellent Adventure |publisher=Blog.newsarama.com |date=2009-04-02 |access-date=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015164410/http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/04/02/interview-box-browns-excellent-adventure/ |archive-date=2012-10-15 }}</ref>


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'''Brian''' "'''Box'''" '''Brown''' (born 1980) is an American [[cartoonist]] whose first work was the online comic ''Bellen!''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topshelfcomix.com/ts2.0/artist/318 |title=Box Brown / Top Shelf 2.0 |website=Topshelfcomix.com |date= |access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref>
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In 2011, Brown started a [[Kickstarter]] fundraiser<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1154777626/retrofit-comics-the-return-of-the-alt-comic-floppy |title= Retrofit Comics: The Return of the Alt-comic Floppy |publisher=kickstarter.com |date=2011-07-25 |access-date=2013-08-02}}</ref> to create a new publisher called Retrofit Comics, with the goal of publishing 16 alternative [[comic book]]s over 16 months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/09/retrofit-comics-has-arrived/ |title=Retrofit Comics has arrived! &#124; Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment |publisher=Robot6.comicbookresources.com |date=2011-09-13 |access-date=2011-10-02}}</ref> Since completing this goal, Retrofit Comics has continued to publish new comic books every month or two.
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He was awarded in 2011 a [[Xeric Grant]] for the comic ''Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/04/02/interview-box-browns-excellent-adventure/ |title=Interview: Box Brown's Excellent Adventure |website=Newsarama |date=April 2, 2009 |access-date=October 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015164410/http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/04/02/interview-box-browns-excellent-adventure/ |archive-date=October 15, 2012 }}</ref>


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In 2011, Brown started a [[Kickstarter]] fundraiser<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1154777626/retrofit-comics-the-return-of-the-alt-comic-floppy |title= Retrofit Comics: The Return of the Alt-comic Floppy |website=Kickstarter|date=July 25, 2011 |access-date=August 2, 2013}}</ref> to create a new publisher called Retrofit Comics, with the goal of publishing 16 alternative [[comic book]]s over 16 months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/retrofit-comics-has-arrived/ |title=Retrofit Comics has arrived! |website=Comic Book Resources |date=September 13, 2011 |access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-06-01/paperback-graphic-books/list.html |title= Best Sellers |publisher=The New York Times website |date=2014-06-01 |access-date=2014-09-08}}</ref>


In 2019, his book Is ''This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman'' won the [[Eisner Award]] for Best Reality Based Work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2019-eisner-awards-complete-winners-list-1225835|title=Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-06-01/paperback-graphic-books/list.html |title= Best Sellers |publisher=The New York Times website |date=June 1, 2014 |access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref>

In 2019, his book Is ''This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman'' won the [[Eisner Award]] for Best Reality Based Work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/2019-eisner-awards-complete-winners-list-1225835/|title=Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 23, 2019|access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref>

He has a syndicated non-fiction comic strip, ''Legalization Nation''.<ref>{{cite news|title= Legalization Nation: A provocative cannabis comic for the weed-curious|author=Elissa Esher|newspaper =[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=January 7, 2022|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cannabis/article/Legalization-Nation-A-provocative-cannabis-comic-16758050.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[Editor and Publisher]]|title=New syndication options for illustrators | date=June 16, 2022 |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-syndication-options-for-illustrators,231246}}</ref>


== Graphic novels ==
== Graphic novels ==
* ''Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing'' (Top Shelf, 2009).
* ''Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing'' (Top Shelf, 2009)
* ''The Survivalist'' (Blank Slate, 2011).
* ''The Survivalist'' (Blank Slate, 2011)
* ''Number'', Issues 1 & 2 (Retrofit / Big Planet Comics, 2014).
* ''Number'', Issues 1 & 2 (Retrofit / Big Planet Comics, 2014)
* ''André the Giant: Life and Legend'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2014).
* ''André the Giant: Life and Legend'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2014)
* ''An Entity Observes All Things'' (Retrofit Comics, 2015).
* ''An Entity Observes All Things'' (Retrofit Comics, 2015)
* ''[[Tetris: The Games People Play]]'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nerdist.com/exclusive-box-brown-pieces-together-the-story-of-tetris/|title=Exclusive: Box Brown Pieces Together the Story of TETRIS - Nerdist|date=26 April 2015|publisher=|access-date=15 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110043539/http://nerdist.com/exclusive-box-brown-pieces-together-the-story-of-tetris/|archive-date=10 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/tetris-the-games-people-play/oclc/928492029|title=Tetris: the games people play|first=Box|last=Brown|date=15 May 2017|publisher=|oclc=928492029|access-date=15 May 2017|via=Open WorldCat}}</ref>
* ''[[Tetris: The Games People Play]]'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nerdist.com/exclusive-box-brown-pieces-together-the-story-of-tetris/|title=Exclusive: Box Brown Pieces Together the Story of TETRIS – Nerdist|date=April 26, 2015|publisher=|access-date=May 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110043539/http://nerdist.com/exclusive-box-brown-pieces-together-the-story-of-tetris/|archive-date=November 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/928492029|title=Tetris: the games people play|first=Box|last=Brown|date=May 15, 2017|publisher=|oclc=928492029|access-date=May 15, 2017|via=Open WorldCat}}</ref>
* ''Powerman'' (Kilgore Books, 2016)
* ''Powerman'' (Kilgore Books, 2016)
* ''Is This Guy for Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2016).<ref>{{cite web|title=Book Review|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-62672-316-0|website=pw.com|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref>
* ''Is This Guy for Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2016).<ref>{{cite web|title=Book Review|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-62672-316-0|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=February 12, 2018}}</ref>
* ''Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2019).
* ''[[Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America]]'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2019)
* ''Child Star'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2020).
* ''Child Star'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2020)
* ''Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin'' (with Andrew S. Weiss, [[First Second Books|First Second]], 2022)
* ''The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]], 2023)


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* {{official|http://boxbrown.com}}
* [http://retrofitcomics.com/ Retrofit Comics]
* [http://retrofitcomics.com/ Retrofit Comics]


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For the abolitionist, see Henry Box Brown.

Box Brown
Brown at the Miami Book Fair International, 2014
BornBrian Brown
1980 (age 43–44)
Area(s)Cartoonist, Publisher
Notable works
André the Giant: Life and Legend
Retrofit Comics
AwardsTwo Ignatz Awards, 2011 Eisner Award, 2019
www.boxbrown.com Edit this at Wikidata

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]

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]

Graphic novels

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References

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  1. ^ "Box Brown / Top Shelf 2.0". Topshelfcomix.com. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "Interview: Box Brown's Excellent Adventure". Newsarama. April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Retrofit Comics: The Return of the Alt-comic Floppy". Kickstarter. July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "Retrofit Comics has arrived!". Comic Book Resources. September 13, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  5. ^ "Best Sellers". The New York Times website. June 1, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. September 23, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  7. ^ Elissa Esher (January 7, 2022). "Legalization Nation: A provocative cannabis comic for the weed-curious". San Francisco Chronicle.
  8. ^ "New syndication options for illustrators". Editor and Publisher. June 16, 2022.
  9. ^ "Exclusive: Box Brown Pieces Together the Story of TETRIS – Nerdist". April 26, 2015. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  10. ^ Brown, Box (May 15, 2017). Tetris: the games people play. OCLC 928492029. Retrieved May 15, 2017 – via Open WorldCat.
  11. ^ "Book Review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
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