Chuck Brown (comics artist) explained

Nationality:American
Write:y
Art:y
Notable Works:Flawed
Bitter Root
1000
Awards:Two Eisner Awards
including:
  • Best Continuing Series (2020 and 2022)

Ringo Award

Chuck Brown is an American comics artist known for co-creating the comic book series Bitter Root and Flawed, and the webcomic 1000.

Biography

Brown grew up in Latta, South Carolina. He attended Benedict College, where he created the comic book American Empire with several other students.[1] The series was set in a universe where the United States was a front for an evil empire that controlled the world.[2] After graduating, he began working and eventually had a job in IT at the University of South Carolina.

In 2017, Brown co-created 1000 with Sanford Greene.[3] Brown and Greene had previously worked together creating Dark Horse Comics' Rotten Apple.[4] Brown quit his IT job in 2021, during the Covid pandemic, so that he could become a full-time comics creator.

Brown co-created Bitter Root, a comic book about monster hunters in the Harlem Renaissance, with Sanford Greene and David F. Walker.[5]

He wrote the Image Comics series Flawed, about Gem Ezz, a psychiatrist who moonlights as a vigilante. It debuted on September 28, 2022.[6] Brown has also written runs of Marvel Comics and DC Comics, such as Black Panther, Wolverine, Punisher, Superman, Black Manta and Aquaman.[7]

Awards and nominations

He has received a Ringo Award for Best Series for Bitter Root,[8] and Best Webcomic for 1000.[9] Bitter Root won the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2020 and 2022.[10] [11] The series was also nominated for the Golden Issue Award,[12] and the Dragon Award.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rogers . Winston . 2023-04-13 . Inside the mind of Chuck Brown: the Columbia man who wrote for Marvel, DC and more . 2023-12-17 . WACH.
  2. Web site: Young, Gifted, and Black: An Interview with Comic Book Writer Chuck Brown. 2023-12-17 . sc.edu.
  3. Web site: Johnston . Rich . 2017-05-23 . Sanford Greene And Chuck Brown Create New Comic 1000, With Original Hip-Hop Score . 2023-12-17 . bleedingcool.com.
  4. Web site: LINE Webtoon Presents '1000' From Sanford Greene And Chuck Brown . 2023-12-17 . Comicbook.com.
  5. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2018-10-29 . How ‘Bitter Root’ Brings the Supernatural to 1920s Harlem . 2023-12-17 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. Web site: Coplan . Chris . 2022-09-20 . Chuck Brown dissects the violence and healing at the heart of 'Flawed'. 2023-12-17 . aiptcomics.com.
  7. Web site: Mejia . Jessica . 2023-04-10 . Richland Library hosts award-winning comic writer Chuck Brown . 2023-12-17 . ABC Columbia.
  8. Web site: 2020 Ringo Award Winners Announced . multiversitycomics.com.
  9. Web site: September 30, 2018 . 2018 Ringo Awards Winners Announced . Multiversity Comics.
  10. Web site: Schedeen . Jesse . 2020-07-25 . 2020 Eisner Award Winners Revealed . 2023-12-17 . IGN.
  11. Web site: Babb . Tiffany . 2022-07-23 . The winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards are... . 2023-12-17 . Popverse.
  12. Web site: The 2020 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards Nominees for Comics . 2023-12-17 . Comicbook.com.
  13. Web site: 2020 Dragon Award Ballot – The Dragon Award . 2023-12-16.