Brandon Graham's Blog, page 248

You've said before that you have a hard time separating a creator from their work. Does that mean if I find your behavior on twitter to be immature and needlessly antagonistic that I shouldn't read your work? Am I tacitly condoning your behavior by doing s

I love the idea of making work that clicks with like minded people. I also think there’s some value in pissing off the right people.

I’m glad that you like my work, soooo thanks for that. but If you have any faith in my abilities as a writer then understand that if I’ve upset you, it was intentional.

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simon-roy:I’ll be in Seattle this weekend at table DD-12 with...

simon-roy:

I’ll be in Seattle this weekend at table DD-12 with Brandon Graham, surrounded by a big heap of our favourite collaborators (like Farel Dalrymple, Sandra Lanz, and more)! See you there!

Some sketchbook ish. Mostly drawn in cafe’s padding around with...

Some sketchbook ish. Mostly drawn in cafe’s padding around with my Marian. the jeanshort lady was drawn off a photo. 

I’m super excited about the con this weekend, but man my perfect life is sketchbook drawing in cafes and then staying up all night drawing comics. 

I'd love to hear your reasoning behind putting Aquaman in space. Is it to remove him from his usual go-to sea-based gimmicks and plot devices (I'm going to avoid using the phrase 'fish out of water', but know that I could have). Or do you have some other t

I feel like the idea of the ocean as home is a pretty alien idea. I think it’d be cool to see how Aquaman sees it through being taken away from it and longing for his return home. 

Plus the idea of him interacting with alien oceans and creatures seems more fun to me— that way he’s discovering at the same time as the reader is, but through his perspective that whales and giant seahorses are the norm. 

I'd love to hear your reasoning behind putting Aquaman in space. Is it to remove him from his usual go-to sea-based gimmicks and plot devices (I'm going to avoid using the phrase 'fish out of water', but know that I could have). Or do you have some other t

I feel like the idea of the ocean as home is a pretty alien idea. I think it’d be cool to see how Aquaman sees it through being taken away from it and longing for his return home. 

Plus the idea of him interacting with alien oceans and creatures seems more fun to me— that way he’s discovering at the same time as the reader is, but through his perspective that whales and giant seahorses are the norm. 

I watched the panel you did with Adam Warren. Tell me what your strong opinion of Aquaman is?

I don’t remember what I said in that.  I have no strong feelings on Aquaman. (although they should put him in space) He’s just one of my go to superheroes to make fun of. I guess he’s higher on the totem pole than Moonknight or Booster Gold.  And fuck Namor. 

Why is Eccc your favorite show?

I grew up in Seattle, and the idea of there being something this big and fun in a town that felt like a comic book wasteland to me in the 90′s is amazing.

I really like Jim Demonakos, who founded and is the director of the show. Long before most people in comics seemed to care about what I did Jim always treated me with a lot of respect. and I think he;s someone who is always thinking about making the best show he can.

ECCC does some really great stuff in separating the film/tv stuff from the comic stuff. Separate floors or alternate dimensions or something— I never see that stuff. They seem to work to be inclusive like the “Costumes Are Not Consent”  cosplay signs, and they just added “all gender bathrooms”

Aside from all that I just have the best time at the show, I like seeing the costumes,  I’ve had some of the best interactions with people who read my stuff there. I got to draw on a bass guitar owned by a guy who was trapped for long hours in an elevator with the MW trade. and sign King city cat stuffed animals by two ladies dressed as Joe and Sexica, I like seeing some of the same awesome people that I’d met year before. I talked one guy into buying his teenage daughter  an awful  “Bronies before HOEnies” t- shirt and then got to hear about the effects of that purchase the next year. bwa hahah

As a fan and reader of the stuff the guests they bring in are too exciting- I got to do a panel with Adam Warren last year, and meet and get a drawing from Kenichi Sonada. I got to meet EK Weaver, (TJ & AMAL WOOOOoo).. The year before that I got to meet Pen Ward ( I eventually worked on Adventure time.)

One year I got to stay up in the hotel bar picking Brian Stelfreeze brain about a trip to a Japanese comics festival.

It is the best time.

Some conventions feel draining and others renew my love of comics.

I do realllly like TCAF and Thought bubble too.

steinerfrommars:Here is a page of my upcoming project ID that...

steinerfrommars:

Here is a page of my upcoming project ID that will be published in the Island comics magazine , starting in July, by Image Comics. 

More info in this nice article by Comics and Cola.

ISLAND! 

chriskringlefucker:Please go read “Their Story” by Tan Jiu, its...

chriskringlefucker:

Please go read “Their Story” by Tan Jiu, its basically a nerd’s jumbo-sized crush on a cute girl she saw by the bus station. I am so grateful to yaoi blcd for translating this oh my god

read it online!