Brandon Graham's Blog, page 63

Why should I even bother getting out of bed this morning (afternoon)?

Good question. I often tell myself that things only get better through action.

Actual chemical depression is awful in that (at least when I had it) it stopped me from even caring if I cared.

It became a struggle to even do the things I loved the most. & when I got on medication I started feeling again, but it killed my drives and I gained weight- (which is all fineeem but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to it being rough on my self worth.) & I messed up some important relationships. So when I started feelings things again a lot of those feelings weren’t good ones. 

But what else can you do but keep working towards something better? I feel lucky to have enough self preservation to keep trying in the face of all the malevolence, regret and betrayal that life can spit in your face. 

When I was in my late 20′s I went through cancer and had a testicle removed. I try to remember how at any other time in human history or if I’d taken less action I would have been dead 10 years ago. I would’ve never gotten to see Europe –paint on walls in Amsterdam or meet Manara or Fil Barlow, King city would’ve been left half done and I would’ve never been able to make Prophet or finish Warheads.  I got to do a talk at the Sydney Opera house, work on porn movies, ride in a speed boat and talk to Kanye West about Akira .I’m glad I get to experience this weird messy life. 

– This is an old tumbr question - I’ve turned the nightmare that is anonymous questions off months ago, but it helps to warm up what I have to write by answering these.

Anyway here’s Tom Waits reading a Bukowski poem 

Hey man. You ever listen to Galactic's "From the Corner to the Block"? Seems like the exact sort of funky hip-hop chaos you'd be into.

This is indeed the jam– thanks for the recommendation

You can make Ranma fanart?

I feel like I’ve drawn Ranma a couple times. Here’s one in a mess of old sketchbook stuff with some Kondom fan art & Gold digger and an Eminem . 

And a couple years back I did some pin ups for a zine called the Holy Boyble. I was joking about when I tried to draw dudes for it they all look like Keira Knightley with a haircut. – that being the case, I figured Ranma was a good choice.

Also I found the photo I based this off of (I think the lady’s name is Laney Rose) 

Dirty pair at McD

Dirty pair at McD

Who draws better butts than Serpieri?

This gets into theories I have about about Europe/Japan/America comic kings. So in the past it was Herge (Europe) /Tezuka (Japan) /& Kirby (USA) and they were replaced in the 80′s by Moebius/Let’s say Otomo (?) and Miller. – who it is now is harder for me to even say-I’d guess Urasawa for Japan.  but, and I mean butt– applying this to butt drawings.

So say it’s Serpieri for Europe

For Japan I’d say, Masakazu Katsura of Shadowlady and Video Girl Ai fame is a strong contender.

There’s even a series of photos here of him instructing how he draws butts. Dude is serious. 

And in America it’s pretty hard to argue against it being Crumb

also from Japan Rockin Jelly bean– but this starts to mess up my whole trifecta theory–maybe it was 

Masakazu Katsura in the 80′s or 90′s and it’s RJB now. I’m sure there’s a panel of butt judges who decide these things

Also shout out to Mark Beachum 

Is Earth War the last we'll ever see from the Prophet universe? ;-;

I think so. I’m still holding onto some hope to someday do a Youngstar (youngblood on the moon) comic or a Vogue one shot-maybe with Alejandra- but who knows. 

Farel was saying the other day how we should get the band back together and come up with some new collaborative giant universe thing– but I dunno when everyone would have time to start talking about that for real 

Any favorite audiobooks?

I remember really liking the BBC Neuromancer –They cut it down and added sound effects 

And here’s some fan art I did of it a million years ago

I also remember really digging the Locke and key Audiobook,Hemmingway’s True at first light– that I got from the library and Heinlein’s Moon is a hard mistress – Oh and his FRIDAY is especially good.

Neuromancer and Friday are the audiobooks I’ve listened to the most– I play them over and over like albums when I’m working 

electripipedream:Georges CandilisHexacube1968-75

electripipedream:

Georges Candilis
Hexacube
1968-75

What were your inspirations when writing Prophet? What comics, books and maybe movies shaped the world of Prophet?

and probably lots I’m forgetting along with the influences Simon, Giannis Joseph Farel and the rest of the dudes brought to the book, 

George HerrimanBorn: August 22, 1880, New Orleans, LA

George Herriman

Born: August 22, 1880, New Orleans, LA