Brandon Graham's Blog, page 288

grimwilkins:This is a giant space mother I did for the second...

grimwilkins:

This is a giant space mother I did for the second Prophet Strikefile book, hitting shelves soon from Image Comics.  

I’m super super excited about this book. Getting to look at more comics drawn by mattsheean and malachiward is reason enough to freak out. 

Alsooo there’s a new inkstuds interview with the Proph dudes that’s pretty great.

GRIMMMMM!!! 

inkstuds:Prophet RoundtableDisclosure, this inkstuds maybe a...

inkstuds:

Prophet Roundtable

Disclosure, this inkstuds maybe a little self serving, because it promotes the work of Brandon Graham and friends while Brandon has also been my cohost on the Inkstuds Roadtrip.

I’m a big fan of the work that Brandon, Simon Roy, Giannis Milogiannis, Farel Dalrymple and Joseph Bergin III have done on the Prophet comic. It’s a great series pushing some great story telling ideas in a forward looking style. I’m a big fan of what they are doing and happy to talk about it. On top of being a great cohost, Brandon Graham is doing some of the most exciting comics right now, so it’s always good to have a guy like that on the other side of the mic too.

This Inkstuds was sponsored by Stuff Said.

Robin is too nice to me. also this Sandra Lanz drawing at the top is rad huh? (she’s got art in Strikefile #1 and #2) 

I drew Marian this morning.SoooOOOOOoo handsome!

I drew Marian this morning.

SoooOOOOOoo handsome! 

"One of the things we try with Prophet is trying to think about how things might work far removed from our modern ideas." With respect, that's a dangerous realm. How far do you think is too far when bending the norms of gender and sexuality? Don't get me w

hmmm I don’t see any problem in bending the norms of gender and sexuality.

As for the rest, I think most things are made or broken on how they’re shown. There are slaves used for sex in the Prophet universe, and the pleasure caste Jons are basically sex workers who are not given a lot of choice in their occupation. They’re bred and raised into it, so it’s not-not a gross scene. I think it comes down how characters in that situation are shown, or whether you use that kind of thing as a shallow, throw-away plot device. The character Greenknife comes from that but that’s hopefully not the whole of how readers see him as a character. 

All that stuff is from me and the Prophet dudes thinking about how the realities of this Prophet society might work. many armies had young guys they’d keep to have sex with, it’s not even an alien concept. 

There’s certainly abrasive ideas that I avoid. I tend to avoid showing things like guns (I’ve drawn a couple.) and rape in my work. I tend to think of what I do as comfort comics so even if I’m dealing with the awfulness of life and whatnot there’s things I’m just less interested in spending hours at my desk thinking about. 

And granted what’s not abrasive to me might still be abrasive to some people, sooooOOoo it’s always worth thinking about. I am an ever evolving creature. 

(here’s a page by Simon and Joseph) 

"One of the things we try with Prophet is trying to think about how things might work far removed from our modern ideas." With respect, that's a dangerous realm. How far do you think is too far when bending the norms of gender and sexuality? Don't get me w

hmmm I don’t see any problem in bending the norms of gender and sexuality.

As for the rest, I think most things are made or broken on how they’re shown. There are slaves used for sex in the Prophet universe, and the pleasure caste Jons are basically sex workers who are not given a lot of choice in their occupation. They’re bred and raised into it, so it’s not-not a gross scene. I think it comes down how characters in that situation are shown, or whether you use that kind of thing as a shallow, throw-away plot device. The character Greenknife comes from that but that’s hopefully not the whole of how readers see him as a character. 

All that stuff is from me and the Prophet dudes thinking about how the realities of this Prophet society might work. many armies had young guys they’d keep to have sex with, it’s not even an alien concept. 

There’s certainly abrasive ideas that I avoid. I tend to avoid showing things like guns (I’ve drawn a couple.) and rape in my work. I tend to think of what I do as comfort comics so even if I’m dealing with the awfulness of life and whatnot there’s things I’m just less interested in spending hours at my desk thinking about. 

And granted what’s not abrasive to me might still be abrasive to some people, sooooOOoo it’s always worth thinking about. I am an ever evolving creature. 

(here’s a page by Simon and Joseph) 

"One of the things we try with Prophet is trying to think about how things might work far removed from our modern ideas." With respect, that's a dangerous realm. How far do you think is too far when bending the norms of gender and sexuality? Don't get me w

hmmm I don’t see any problem in bending the norms of gender and sexuality.

As for the rest, I think most things are made or broken on how they’re shown. There are slaves used for sex in the Prophet universe, and the pleasure caste Jons are basically sex workers who are not given a lot of choice in their occupation. They’re bred and raised into it, so it’s not-not a gross scene. I think it comes down how characters in that situation are shown, or whether you use that kind of thing as a shallow, throw-away plot device. The character Greenknife comes from that but that’s hopefully not the whole of how readers see him as a character. 

All that stuff is from me and the Prophet dudes thinking about how the realities of this Prophet society might work. many armies had young guys they’d keep to have sex with, it’s not even an alien concept. 

There’s certainly abrasive ideas that I avoid. I tend to avoid showing things like guns (I’ve drawn a couple.) and rape in my work. I tend to think of what I do as comfort comics so even if I’m dealing with the awfulness of life and whatnot there’s things I’m just less interested in spending hours at my desk thinking about. 

And granted what’s not abrasive to me might still be abrasive to some people, sooooOOoo it’s always worth thinking about. I am an ever evolving creature. 

(here’s a page by Simon and Joseph) 

"One of the things we try with Prophet is trying to think about how things might work far removed from our modern ideas." With respect, that's a dangerous realm. How far do you think is too far when bending the norms of gender and sexuality? Don't get me w

hmmm I don’t see any problem in bending the norms of gender and sexuality.

As for the rest, I think most things are made or broken on how they’re shown. There are slaves used for sex in the Prophet universe, and the pleasure caste Jons are basically sex workers who are not given a lot of choice in their occupation. They’re bred and raised into it, so it’s not-not a gross scene. I think it comes down how characters in that situation are shown, or whether you use that kind of thing as a shallow, throw-away plot device. The character Greenknife comes from that but that’s hopefully not the whole of how readers see him as a character. 

All that stuff is from me and the Prophet dudes thinking about how the realities of this Prophet society might work. many armies had young guys they’d keep to have sex with, it’s not even an alien concept. 

There’s certainly abrasive ideas that I avoid. I tend to avoid showing things like guns (I’ve drawn a couple.) and rape in my work. I tend to think of what I do as comfort comics so even if I’m dealing with the awfulness of life and whatnot there’s things I’m just less interested in spending hours at my desk thinking about. 

And granted what’s not abrasive to me might still be abrasive to some people, sooooOOoo it’s always worth thinking about. I am an ever evolving creature. 

(here’s a page by Simon and Joseph) 

"One of the things we try with Prophet is trying to think about how things might work far removed from our modern ideas." With respect, that's a dangerous realm. How far do you think is too far when bending the norms of gender and sexuality? Don't get me w

hmmm I don’t see any problem in bending the norms of gender and sexuality.

As for the rest, I think most things are made or broken on how they’re shown. There are slaves used for sex in the Prophet universe, and the pleasure caste Jons are basically sex workers who are not given a lot of choice in their occupation. They’re bred and raised into it, so it’s not-not a gross scene. I think it comes down how characters in that situation are shown, or whether you use that kind of thing as a shallow, throw-away plot device. The character Greenknife comes from that but that’s hopefully not the whole of how readers see him as a character. 

All that stuff is from me and the Prophet dudes thinking about how the realities of this Prophet society might work. many armies had young guys they’d keep to have sex with, it’s not even an alien concept. 

There’s certainly abrasive ideas that I avoid. I tend to avoid showing things like guns (I’ve drawn a couple.) and rape in my work. I tend to think of what I do as comfort comics so even if I’m dealing with the awfulness of life and whatnot there’s things I’m just less interested in spending hours at my desk thinking about. 

And granted what’s not abrasive to me might still be abrasive to some people, sooooOOoo it’s always worth thinking about. I am an ever evolving creature. 

(here’s a page by Simon and Joseph) 

inkstuds:Today’s interview at casa Brandon.My pal Farel...

inkstuds:

Today’s interview at casa Brandon.

My pal Farel hanging out at my messy place. (photo by Robin) 

hchomgoblin:I’m doing another Hchom sale, this October. I’m...

hchomgoblin:

I’m doing another Hchom sale, this October. I’m selling hand-carved wooden daggers, as well as smaller packs of recent illustrations. Go to the store page to have a look at what I’ve put together.

This person that I married makes cool things that I highly recommend. Marian is Soooo cool.