tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24831087726915589942024-03-14T13:49:23.558-05:00Jeffrey Brown ComicsJeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-22769588380327383902019-03-22T10:08:00.003-05:002019-03-22T10:08:47.413-05:00Long OverdueOkay, it's been something like four or five months since a blog post and I've been super bad about updating releases and events, but partially that's because of waiting for details, and partially because I've been too busy making comics, including finishing a new Star Wars book and working on my new middle grade series. Anyway, I've also got a <a href="https://jeffreybrowncomics.com/" target="_blank">snazzy new website redesign </a>where I'll try to update slightly more often, and you can see me post more regularly on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jeffreybrownrq/?hl=en" target="_blank">@jeffreybrownrq</a><br />
Back to drawing now!<br />
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Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-70861052135156293112018-10-31T14:18:00.001-05:002018-10-31T14:18:31.208-05:00A Creepy True Story For Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This happened one night a few months ago, after we put the kids to bed. My wife and I were in the office talking, and we heard our younger son wake up, kind of making little noises. Sometimes he talks in his sleep, we figured he'd fall back asleep or whatever, but we kept hearing little whimpers. Figuring he was having a bad dream, my wife said, "let's go get him". She got up and went to his room and then I hear her say, "Where is he?!". I get up and go to his room, and he's not there - we turn on the lights, he's gone. Then, from downstairs, we hear him start full on crying. It's pitch black down there, and he <i>always</i> comes to our bedroom if he wakes up in the middle of the night. Why would he go downstairs? My wife goes down and gets him and brings him back upstairs.</div>
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So a few days later, he comes home from summer camp with his book of drawings and I see this drawing. I ask him what it is, and he says, "slenderman". I ask why he drew slenderman, and he says "I don't know, I just did, I had to draw him, I don't want to talk about it." I don't know how he would even know about the slenderman myth, or why he would draw slenderman. SO CREEPY. I'm sure there's a perfectly logical explanation for all of this though. Happy Halloween!</div>
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I'm getting ready for my Lucy & Andy 3 tour, which will include stops in Seattle, San Francisco, and Minneapolis. But first, this coming Sunday I'll be at the Apple Store on Michigan Ave in Chicago, drawing cave kids on an iPad as part of <a href="https://thebigdraw.org/event/Kids_Hour_Drawing_like_a_Cave_Kid_with_Jeffrey_Brown/8517" target="_blank">The 2018 Big Draw Festival</a>. The event is free, but you can <a href="https://apple.co/2QmEDHN" target="_blank">RSVP now online.</a><br />
And I'll be kicking my tour off in Canada at the <a href="https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-author/jeffrey-brown/" target="_blank">Vancouver Writer's Festival</a>! This is my first time in Vancouver (and first time in Canada in a few years), so I'm pretty excited. I'll be doing three events, a couple of which are ticketed, so make your plans now:<br />
<a href="https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-events-2018/a-morning-with-jeffrey-brown/" target="_blank">Thursday October 18 10:15 AM A Morning With Jeffrey Brown</a><br />
<a href="https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-events-2018/sparking-imaginations/" target="_blank">Thursday October 18 1:00 PM Sparking Imaginations (with Ian Boothby)</a><br />
<a href="https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-events-2018/cartoons-neanderthals/" target="_blank">Saturday October 20 10:30 AM Cartoons & Neanderthals</a>Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-36561376890278342072018-08-21T10:00:00.000-05:002018-08-21T10:00:19.315-05:00Really recent and not-so recent interviewsOne of the big dividing lines for my career is pre- and post- Star Wars. A few days ago, I did an interview for the <a href="http://onethoughtpod.com/2018/08/20/episode-17-jeffrey-brown/" target="_blank">One Thought podcast</a>, covering both periods. And although it was just posted recently, back before my Star Wars books started coming out, I recorded<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/jeffrey-brown-4-19086576" target="_blank"> this interview</a> with my friend and fellow struggling cartoonist Chris Wisnia. For the record, I hate hearing myself talk, but hopefully you don't.<br />
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<br />Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-29078550483384524592018-07-11T08:26:00.000-05:002018-07-11T08:27:41.235-05:00Fan Con!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So the bad news is that after attending San Diego Comic Con for 15 years in a row, I won't be this year. The good news is that it means I'll be at the <a href="http://www.ahml.info/fancon" target="_blank">Arlington Heights Library Fan Con</a> this Saturday, July 14! I'll be doing a drawing Q & A session, workshop, and signing books. I also got to design their attendee badge, for which I did a bunch of sketches. Which one did they choose to have me finish for the badge? You'll have to come to Fan Con to find out! Or if you can't come to Fan Con and still want to know I guess you can pester me next week until I post a picture of how the badge turned out...Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-70127642791110172862018-06-18T09:37:00.000-05:002018-06-18T09:37:39.128-05:00Mickey Mouse shirts!
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When I was invited to participate with some Mickey Mouse designs for UNIQLO’s Magic For All shirt series, I thought it would be a ton of fun, since I had really enjoyed working on the Star Wars T-Shirt Grand Prix with UNIQLO a few years ago. Of course, it’s not so simple as just drawing Mickey Mouse; first I had to figure out how <i>I</i> draw Mickey Mouse, and that meant figuring out exactly what my relationship with mickey Mouse is. So I started just doodling Mickeys, and thinking about Mickey specifically, and Disney in general.</div>
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My oldest brother is a big Disney fan, and that led me to remembering how I grew up with my family always watching “The Wonderful World of Disney” on Sundays. And magic is a really great word for that memory - for me, childhood was kind of magical, and Mickey Mouse always captured that so well, that sense of wonder at the world, curiosity, maybe even a little naivete. I eventually landed on a version of Mickey that felt right, something cute and innocent feeling.</div>
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I tried to tap into those nostalgic feelings I had and started drawing more Mickeys - Mickey walking through<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>forest, playing with a toy steamboat, kicking a soccer ball. I filled a sketchbook with fifty or sixty ideas, and sent them to UNIQLO and DISNEY to pick from. The designers came up with four shirts, including one based on the little ‘How To Draw Mickey’ sketch I had made for myself. I re-drew cleaned up, nicer versions of the design on Bristol board.</div>
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<br />Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-88182206848227521732018-02-16T15:36:00.002-06:002018-05-29T11:56:25.149-05:00Adventure Time! *UPDATED*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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*UPDATE May 29* My cover is up for <a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?item=290887710191&_ssn=heroinitiative&_sop=10" target="_blank">auction now</a> to benefit the Hero Initiative, alongside a sketch cover by one of my all time favorite comic book artists Walter Simonson!<br />
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<a href="https://www.heroinitiative.org/" target="_blank">The Hero Initiative</a> has been doing their 100 Cover projects for a while, where they have artists sketch on the blank cover variants of comics, then auction them off as well as collecting the covers in a book to raise funds. I've done several, including <a href="https://www.newsarama.com/38679-adventure-time-100-project-announced-by-cartoon-network-boom-studios-hero-initiative.html" target="_blank">Adventure Time</a> - and my cover made the cover! This comes out in May, and hopefully I'll make it to the release party here in Chicago at <a href="https://challengerscomics.com/" target="_blank">Challengers</a>.Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-73447422806957391122018-01-23T11:57:00.000-06:002018-01-23T11:57:18.588-06:00DemocraTee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not too long ago, I went down to the Threadless HQ here in Chicago to be part of <a href="https://blog.threadless.com/bringing-artists-together-with-democratee/" target="_blank">DemocraTee</a>, where a bunch of local artists collaborated on drawings to be used as designs for shirts and other items. It was fun, lots of random silliness like adding this little cowboy to a larger drawing. The items are now up for sale on <a href="https://democratee.threadless.com/" target="_blank">Threadless</a>, with proceeds going to local arts charities.Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-47799165001957319542017-12-02T17:08:00.001-06:002017-12-02T17:08:34.547-06:00Reading Materials<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's just about every book I read the last few years while working on my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_10?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=lucy+%26+andy+neanderthal&sprefix=lucy+%26+and%2Caps%2C144&crid=ZH9BSSP32HUP" target="_blank">Lucy & Andy Neanderthal series.</a>Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-61738659643089269752017-10-22T20:06:00.000-05:002017-10-22T20:06:02.772-05:00My First Paying Gig!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Way back in 1991, I had my first paying illustration job - images for a book by the father of one of my high school classmates. The book is unavailable (though you can see Mr. Murray's current work online at the <a href="http://www.digital-couch.com/home/">Digital Couch</a>) and the original art is lost, but after school visits in my home state of Michigan this week, I finally have a PDF of the book with my drawings! I'd pretty much forgotten what they were like. Here are a couple of my favorites, which are pretty typical of how I drew in high school.</div>
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<br />Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-22067501090667104622017-10-10T11:23:00.002-05:002017-10-10T13:20:57.429-05:00Certain Points Of View<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm deep into working on the final art for Lucy & Andy Neanderthal book 3, but found time to contribute to the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Certain-Point-View-Star-Wars/dp/0345511476/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1507652535&sr=8-1&keywords=from+a+certain+point+of+view">From A Certain Point Of View</a> Star Wars anthology.<br />
Head over to <a href="http://www.starwars.com/news/jeffrey-brown-from-a-certain-point-of-view-sketchbook">starwars.com</a> to get a complete step-by-step look into the process behind making the piece!<br />
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And this just in, I was interviewed over at the <a href="https://blog.threadless.com/podcast-ep-4-cartoonist-behind-darth-vader-and-son-jeffrey-brown/">Threadless blog</a> for their podcast, which focuses on process and creativity. So you can listen to that, too!Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-33441718330202693592017-09-12T10:57:00.001-05:002021-11-17T16:28:04.211-06:00Research and Inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a few bits of research and inspiration for my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385388381/ref=s9u_simh_gw_i1?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pd_rd_i=0385388381&pd_rd_r=GZC6R18ZEB1NZKW9J5A0&pd_rd_w=6JfGX&pd_rd_wg=cJOfh&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=J2S4X3NTSYY4PXX2HJVB&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1cf9d009-399c-49e1-901a-7b8786e59436&pf_rd_i=desktop" target="_blank">Lucy & Andy Neanderthal series</a>. The Geno 2.0 box is from National Geographic's <a href="https://help.nationalgeographic.com/s/article/Genographics-DNA-Ancestry" target="_blank">Genographic</a> project, which I used to learn that I have 2.2% Neanderthal DNA. The Neanderthals Art & Science Kit included a skeleton (which I assembled and set on the bookshelf in my studio office) and a plaster mold to cast a Neanderthal face (which is still in the box). There's a fossil of an echinoderm - which is a plant - but I like to think of it as some kind of strange, alien being. I got the souvenir woolly mammoth tusk and hair set, but also have a woolly mammoth card (with an actual piece of mammoth tusk) from <a href="http://upperdeckblog.com/2015/02/collecting-dinosaurs-a-hobby-for-the-whole-family-with-rare-fossils-artifacts/" target="_blank">Upper Deck's Champs Hockey Cards</a>. From the same set I got the Neanderthal base card and a Neanderthal flint stone knife artifact. From Gibraltar, a one pound coin that commemorated the discovery of Neanderthal bones. A birthday card I got last year, and the prehistoric themed story cubes. And of course, an actual stone knife found in France (not by me) from circa 25,000-30,000 years ago. At that age it may have been used by early humans and not Neanderthals, but still makes for a great connection to the past.Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-7376779418605445142017-08-28T08:12:00.000-05:002017-09-05T15:12:43.554-05:00Wake Up And Draw Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To celebrate Jack Kirby's birthday, the <a href="https://www.heroinitiative.org/" target="_blank">Hero Initiative</a> has artists draw today and then will auction the artwork off later. I drew Andy from my Lucy & Andy Neanderthal series, since book two - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lucy-Andy-Neanderthal-Stone-Cold/dp/0385388381/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503925776&sr=8-1&keywords=lucy+%26+andy+neanderthal" target="_blank">The Stone Cold Age</a> - comes out tomorrow. And if you're in Chicago, you can come to the official release party at the <a href="http://www.bookcellarinc.com/" target="_blank">Book Cellar</a> tomorrow night (Tuesday August 29, at 6PM).<br />
*UPDATE* <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kirby-100th-Birthday-Wake-Up-and-Draw-LUCY-amp-ANDY-NEANDERTHAL-by-JEFFREY-BROWN-/302441470181?" target="_blank">My piece</a> is up for auction to benefit Hero Initiative now!Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-57833479059790675722017-03-16T17:02:00.000-05:002017-03-16T17:02:00.710-05:00Pre-Order now!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Darth Vader and Family Coloring Book is available for pre-order now from Chronicle Books - and if you're quick you can get the <a href="http://darthvader.chroniclebooks.com/" target="_blank">limited edition pencil case</a> with it. The book will be out March 28. Now it's back to drawing Neanderthals for me!Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-62099565393748830772016-12-14T08:52:00.000-06:002016-12-14T08:52:05.674-06:00Coloring Wars!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you're like me, you've enjoyed making hundreds of Star Wars drawings and coloring them in over the years. But what if you don't like <i>drawing</i> Star Wars, and you just want to do the coloring? You'll finally be able to with the Darth Vader and Family Coloring book, coming out March 28! Available from places like <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Darth-Vader-Family-Coloring-Book/dp/1452159238" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/darth-vader-and-family-coloring-book-jeffrey-brown/1125061539" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and your <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781452159232" target="_blank">local independent bookstore</a> for $14.95. There are pages from the Vader and Son series of books to color along with brand new images. And no, this is not one of those "adult" coloring books, but it's not a kids coloring book either, so everyone in the family can enjoy! Except maybe your pet Loth-Cats. </div>
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Back in 2010 I had the idea of doing a fun caveman series that was grounded in all the exciting new research about Neanderthals I was seeing. The idea got shelved at the time, but when I was wrapping up my last Jedi Academy book, I thought it would be the perfect series to work on next. It took a couple years, a ton of reading, three rough drafts plus the final artwork - and the first book <i>finally </i>comes out today. Here's a look at some of the first sample pages and sketches I did for the project while figuring out exactly how to make the characters look and ways to include a little information along with the humor of the story.<br />
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Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-81035364424059896062016-06-29T18:15:00.001-05:002016-07-06T08:23:57.515-05:00One year later, everything has Incredible Changed! *UPDATED*UPDATE! So, the initial Kickstarter wasn't going to meet its goal, so Chris and Drawn Word have re-launched with a more modest campaign - it's a smaller base card set but you can still get the extra-cool cards on the new <a href="http://kck.st/29oDyM1" target="_blank">Change-Bots cards Kickstarter.</a> See, this is where ambition will get you: somewhere almost as cool as you wanted to get in the first place. Pretty much indistinguishably cool in the grand scheme of things.<br />
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So it seems fitting that this post comes almost a year to the day since my last post. I think I've established myself as not a blogger, just someone who has a blog. I'm coming out of an intense work year, which I'll hopefully be posting more about in the coming months, but for now I'd like to direct your attention to the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drawnword/incredible-change-bots-trading-cards" target="_blank">Incredible Change-Bots trading card kickstarter</a>. I've always loved trading cards, from the old Topps Star Wars sets to the digital trading card apps like Kitten Cards, so when my friend Christopher Irving invited me to maybe draw something for the Madman card set he was working, I said "no, I've got an intense work year I'm dealing with." Then he asked me how I felt about maybe doing some Incredible Change-Bots cards sometime, and I said "awesome(bots)! "There's not much time left, and I'm sure we'll make this happen in some form, but check out these incredible prototype fancy cards! The pictures don't do them justice, so you'll have to pledge to get the full effect, unfortunately...<br />
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<br />Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-63515432841888640582015-06-30T19:33:00.000-05:002015-06-30T19:33:12.604-05:00The Phantom Bully!Today marks the release of Jedi Academy 3: <a href="http://store.scholastic.com/Books/Hardcover-Books/Star-Wars-Jedi-Academy-3" target="_blank">The Phantom Bully</a>! Here's a look at the sketches I drew when I started thinking about the cover. For book covers, I usually try to come up with 10-12 ideas to choose from.<br />
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<span id="goog_2099190186"></span>My editors at Scholastic and Lucasfilm look over the ideas, giving suggestions about what parts they like and which idea they like best overall. Then I draw a rough color sketch at actual print size based on their feedback.<br />
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Everyone gives additional feedback after that sketch - in this case, there was too much green and so the suggestion was to make the chalkboard blue instead. A few other tweaks, and the final cover art comes together.<br />
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The title text is printed green even though I draw it in black, and the other cover elements like the Jedi Academy logo are added from the previous books.Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-77039496289834247192015-04-28T21:05:00.001-05:002015-04-28T21:05:32.108-05:00Darth Vader and Friends and happening and stuff<i>Darth Vader and Friends</i> came out today, and over at the <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/2015/04/28/return-of-the-vader-pitches/" target="_blank">Chronicle Books blog</a> you can read a bit about how I pitched that and <i>Goodnight Darth Vader</i>. The new issue of <a href="http://titanmagazines.com/t/star-wars-insider/us/157/" target="_blank">Star Wars Insider</a> magazine also has a feature with some behind the scenes and unused sketches. This Saturday (May 2) is Free Comic Book Day, so I'll be at <a href="http://awyeahcomics.com/skokie-illinois/" target="_blank">Aw Yeah Comics</a> in Skokie, IL from 11am to 1 pm, and Monday is May The 4th (Star Wars Day) and I'll be at <a href="http://www.bookcellarinc.com/" target="_blank">The Book Cellar</a> in Chicago from 4pm to 530ish. That means I won't be at the <a href="http://cartoonart.org/" target="_blank">Cartoon Art Museum</a> for the opening of a huge exhibition of art from <i>Goodnight Vader</i> and <i>Vader and Friends, </i>but stay tuned for details on the reception when I will be there in June. Finally, I was one of the judges for the <a href="https://www.uniqlo.com/utgp/2015/en" target="_blank">UNIQLO</a> Star Wars themed T-Shirt contest, but also got to design two new Star Wars shirts - one for <a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/us/product/men-utgp-star-wars-graphic-short-sleeve-t-shirt-138709.html#03~/men/tops/printed-t-shirts/characters/~" target="_blank">men</a> and one for <a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/us/product/boys-utgp-star-wars-short-sleeve-graphic-t-shirt-139366.html#00~/kids/boys/graphic-t-shirts/star-wars/~" target="_blank">kids</a>.<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-42248098059693454092015-04-02T12:05:00.001-05:002015-04-23T12:06:51.056-05:00Darth Vader and Friends!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/darth-vader-and-friends.html" target="_blank">Darth Vader and Friends</a> </i>will be out later this month, and if you pre-order now from Chronicle Books, you can get this <a href="http://pages.chroniclebooks.com/darthvaderandfriends" target="_blank">free tote bag</a>. I'll also be making some appearances starting this month. First up, I'll be at <a href="http://www.starwarscelebration.com/" target="_blank">Star Wars Celebration </a>in Anaheim, with a panel on the University stage at 12:30pm on Friday (4/17) followed by a signing at Mysterious Galaxy (Booth #960) from 2-2:45pm. Then back in Chicago the following Friday (4/24), I'll be at <a href="http://www.c2e2.com/" target="_blank">C2E2</a>, signing at Autographing Table #17 from 12-1pm. I'll also have a few of my Process Packs available for sale at C2E2, at the Scott Eder Gallery (booth 1760), which will also have other art of mine available for sale. The following night you can head to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/821915887882510/" target="_blank">CAKE BAKE</a> fundraiser and bid on some of my hand-drawn trading cards. Finally, today is CCS shout out day - so go learn more about <a href="http://www.cartoonstudies.org/" target="_blank">The Center For Cartoon Studies</a>, where I'll be giving the commencement address in May.</div>
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UPDATE! Now with corrected times!</div>
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Saturday (4/18) at Celebration at 11am(PST), I'll be doing a short drawing demo at the starwars.com Cantina booth, which will also stream live on their site. And from 2-2:45pm, I'll be signing again at the Mysterious Galaxy booth.</div>
Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-73041530579606390962014-12-02T16:05:00.000-06:002014-12-02T16:05:08.342-06:00Merry Change-Bots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just in time for the holidays, there's a new Incredible Change-Bots book - <a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/incredible-change-bots-two-point-something-something/887" target="_blank">Incredible Change-Bots Two Point Something Something</a>, which is full of previously published shorts, hard to find mini-comic stories, and more. And the video above is for the Change-Bots FlipBooKit, which is on display and available now at <a href="http://www.grumpybert.com/" target="_blank">Grumpy Bert</a> in Brooklyn. </div>
Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-56376374842890860852014-07-29T09:50:00.001-05:002018-01-17T08:53:40.626-06:00Ask me anything!I'm answering anything you want to ask over on <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2c1ofu/i_am_the_author_of_goodnight_darth_vader_and_jedi/" target="_blank">Reddit</a>. Also, today is the day Jedi Academy 2: Return of the Padawan comes out in stores. There are two exclusive editions - the <a href="http://www.target.com/p/star-wars-jedi-academy-return-of-the-padawan-book-2-by-jeffrey-brown-hardcover/-/A-15590636" target="_blank">Target</a> edition has an extra whole issue of the Padawan Observer, while the <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/star-wars-jeffrey-brown/1118929900?ean=9780545621250" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> edition has extra Ewok Pilot comics.<br />
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*UPDATE* A lot of readers ask if there will be more Roan stories, or if I'll be doing more Jedi Academy books. I don't have any plans for more at this time...I would love to explore the world of Jedi Academy with Roan and his friends more in an animated show (hint, hint, Disney!), and I'm also hoping to do more Star Wars books in the vein of the Vader series, once there's more material with the new characters like Rey, Finn, and Kylo. For now, I'm finishing up the Lucy & Andy Neanderthal series, writing and drawing my first (proper) picture book, and starting work on my new middle grade science fiction series. Stay tuned!Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-522610827349733102014-07-18T09:09:00.000-05:002014-07-18T09:09:04.279-05:00San Diego Comic-Con!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's my annual San Diego Comic-Con schedule! Goodnight Darth Vader will be making its debut, as well as the first copies of Jedi Academy 2. Goodnight Darth Vader comes out next Tuesday, but I'll be signing copies at <a href="http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2622?subtype=detailCalendar" target="_blank">the Old Orchard Barnes & Noble</a> on Saturday at 2pm. On Tuesday, I'll be doing a <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45429.Jeffrey_Brown?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads author Q&A</a> from 10am to 3pm CT.Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-81296571385064468912014-07-14T09:05:00.001-05:002014-07-14T09:05:20.098-05:00The Shadow Hero<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So far this year I've been hard at work on the third Jedi Academy book, the next Darth Vader book, and the first book in my middle grade series <i>Lucy & Andy Neanderthal. </i>I haven't had much time to draw anything else, but managed to take a break and join in with some other cartoonists to celebrate Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew's great new book <a href="http://www.macteenbooks.com/ya/the-shadow-hero-celebrating-the-first-asian-american-superhero/" target="_blank">The Shadow Hero</a>, which will be released tomorrow!Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483108772691558994.post-21620467131209403262014-06-06T15:29:00.003-05:002014-06-06T15:29:57.068-05:00Goodnight Darth Vader<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/f24BONdQmfA" width="560"></iframe><br />
Coming July 22!Jeffrey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153589441736882331noreply@blogger.com1