Brandon Graham's Blog, page 105

ferburton:The first thing Brandon Graham had printed (I think)....

ferburton:

The first thing Brandon Graham had printed (I think). Fan art he did for issue 2 of Twilight X by Joe Wight, published by Antartic Press. An awesome comix if you haven’t had the chance to read it.

rookrolled:I’ve been making a few of the cutouts from the front...

rookrolled:

I’ve been making a few of the cutouts from the front of KING CITY by my new biggest obsession Brandon Graham. I’m real exited for his work in Island Magazine and 8House, so I’m passing the time with some “Graham-themed crafting”. All these characters look amazing and I really appreciate the guy reading the porn mag. I’d love to see this type of thing made for Multiple Warheads or Brandons other work.

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joekeatinge:Just approved Shutter #30, our final issue, for...

joekeatinge:

Just approved Shutter #30, our final issue, for publication.

(You may recognize this press approval process from guest starring in issue #15′s reality trip.)

We’re officially done now. In stores July 26th.

Feels odd. Good, but odd. The “I feel like we only started yesterday” cliché plays out despite being a seven-year journey from conception to completion.

Kate’s story - our little weird comic - reached its intended end thanks to folks reading month in and month out. The only thing I can think to say right now is “thank you,” because we couldn’t have gotten here without you.

Onto the next adventure.

tkevinkim:Of The MirePages 18 to 20.

tkevinkim:

Of The Mire
Pages 18 to 20.

geritsel:Christophe Blain - from Carnet de Lettonie

geritsel:

Christophe Blain - from Carnet de Lettonie

Have you ever heard of a comic series called Fred Perry's Gold Digger?

I have but I’ve never read it. Brandon Graham is always trying to get me to do pinups and covers for it!!

effalope:a lil envy

effalope:

a lil envy

Comic Book Question

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don't let the twitter rage get to you man. As a brown dude (i fucking hate that I feel i need to bring this up) i think the anger thats being directed towards you is totally unfair. I wish i could step in and attempt to defend you from some of it but i'm n

Thanks so much for the message. 

I tend to do not do too well with this sort of twitter conversation. 

The Island talk about Dilraj’s cover left a bad taste in my mouth, that continued with this. I don’t want to put out work that people see as harmful or worst case scenario,  makes anyone feel like they are not welcome in comics. 

That said. I think the idea that Image should have some kind of editorial to check work is a deeply offensive idea to me. I’m very frustrated by seeing creators posting things that amount to “please tell me if I do anything offensive” I would argue that there is no art without risk. 

A friend of mine today was talking about this. 

He was saying that if you are going to give artists total freedom you will get things like the Howard Chaykin book/cover or Airboy or Boiled Angel. People will do work that is not for everyone or misses the mark and offends – or is just stupid and offensive. but you also ideally make more room for books like Stuck Rubber baby, Sinner, Barefoot Gen, or

Phoebe Gloeckner

‘s  A child’s life, or the underground comics movement-

Raw magazine  or Metal Hurlant-(& I know these aren’t Image books but it’s the high water mark I aim for)

Or the other extreme is that you get Marvel movies– work designed to not challenge or offend. Work that I would argue isn’t really even trying to be “art” Where artist,

Ardian Syaf who quoted the Qur’an in the background (Granted it was taken by many to be anti semitic) of his art got fired over it. What that says to me is that Marvel was not employing him to express his actual opinions and beliefs. 

I caught some shit today by saying that the cover is only lines on paper– but past that they are ideas. I was remembering hearing about why some thought that it was important to keep Mein Kampf in print in Germany (I think the new edition is heavily annotated) – Some view it as an important historical document that should be studied in order to understand what led to such an awful lack of empathy for human life. 

I think a major problem we need to work on in mainstream comics (and certainly at Image) is getting in more types of voices from a much wider range of creators holding dramatically different ideas. If we’re making work for and by mature adults then I would hope that readers can take in ideas that they both agree with and strongly object to, and make their own decisions on them. 

I don’t want comics to be sterilised disinfected, or deodorised in any way, and I think as both artist and readers we need a real diversity of ideas and beliefs for the American comic market to see it’s best work.