Brandon Graham (born 1976 in

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Biography

Born in Oregon, Graham grew up in

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, Washington, where he was a

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artist. He wrote and illustrated comic books for Antarctic Press and Radio Comix, but got his start drawing pornographic comics such as ''Pillow Fight'', ''Perverts of the Unknown'' and the initial issue of '' Multiple Warheads'' (Warheads would go on to become an ongoing, more mainstream comic published by

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in 2007). In 1997, he moved to

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where he found work with NBM Publishing and became a founding member of comics collective Meathaus. His book ''

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'' was published by

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in January 2005, when he returned to Seattle. His book '' King City'' was published by

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in 2007 and was nominated for an

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. In May 2009 Graham announced that ''King City'' would continue publication at

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and his

title ''Multiple Warheads'' would resume publication after a delay, this time in color. At Image he led the revival of ''

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'', a sci-fi reboot of Rob Liefeld's

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series, with a rotating roster of artists including Giannis Milonogiannis, Farel Dalrymple, and Simon Roy.

Bibliography

Early work

*'' October Yen'' #1-3 (w/a, Antarctic Press, 1996) *'' A-Bomb'' vol. 2 #1: "Blueprints" (w/a,

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, 1999) *'' Meathaus'' #4-8 (w/a, anthology, Meathaus Press, 2001–2006) * Radio Comix: **'' Milk!'' #7: "Paris Paris" (w/a, anthology, 1998) **'' Universe So Big'' #1-2 (w/a, 1999) **'' Mangaphile'' (w/a, anthology): *** "Gone Fishin" (in #13, 2001) *** "True Crime" (in #14, 2001) *'' Sizzle'' (w/a, anthology, NBM Publishing): ** "Perverts of the Unknown" (in #13-15, 2002) collected as ''Perverts of the Unknown'' (tpb, 64 pages, Eurotica, 2003, ) ** "Multiple Warheadz" (in #18, 2003) collected in ''Complete Multiple Warheads'' (tpb, 208 pages,

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, 2013, ) ** "Pillow Fight" (in #24-28, 2004–2005) collected as ''Pillow Fight'' (tpb, 48 pages, Amerotica, 2006, ) *'' Heavy Metal Sci-Fi Special'' #2: "Devil and the Deep" (w/a, Metal Mammoth, 2004)

Image Comics

*'' 24Seven Volume 1'': "Fire Breathing City" (w, with James Stokoe, anthology

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, tpb, 224 pages, 2006, ) *'' Popgun Volume 2'': "Sputz" (w/a, anthology graphic novel, tpb, 472 pages, 2008, ) *''

Presents: King City'' #1-12 (w/a, 2009–2010) collected as ''King City'' (tpb, 424 pages, 2012, ) *''

'' (w/a, with Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple, Giannis Milonogiannis, Ron Ackins and others,

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, 2012–2015) collected as: ** ''Remission'' (collects #21-26, tpb, 136 pages, 2012, ) ** ''Brothers'' (collects #27-31 and 33, tpb, 172 pages, 2013, ) ** ''Empire'' (collects #32 and 34-38, tpb, 128 pages, 2014, ) ** ''Joining'' (collects #39-45, tpb, 168 pages, 2015, ) ** ''Earth War'' (collects ''Strikefile'' #1-2 and ''Earth War'' #1-6) *'' Multiple Warheads'' (w/a): ** ''The Complete Multiple Warheads'' (tpb, 208 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** ''Alphabet to Infinity'' #1-4 (2012–2013) *** ''Down Fall'' ( one-shot collection of all previously published short stories, 2013) ** ''Multiple Warheads Vol. 2'' (tbp, 128 pages, 2018, ) collects: ***Entries from ''Island'' issues #1, #4, and #15 ***''Ghost Throne'' (w/a, 2018) single issue, final chapter completed the serialized story arc that began in ''Island'' *'' The CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual'' '12: "King Kim: Barlartan Revenge" (w/a, anthology, 2012) *'' Thought Bubble Anthology'' #3: "One Night in Comicopolis" (w/a, with Cameron Stewart, 2013) *'' 8HOUSE'' #1-ongoing (w, shared-universe/anthology series spearheaded by Graham, 2015–...) *''

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'' #1-15 (w/a, anthology series featuring various artists from around the world edited by Graham and Emma Ríos, 2015–2017) *''

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'' #17 (a, with Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson, 2015) *The CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual ‘16: (Cover B, epilogue) *'' Royal Boiler'' (w/a, collection of various art, 248 pages, 2018) *'' Rain Like Hammers'' #1-5 (w/a, 2021)

Other publishers

: **'' Multiple Warheads'' #1: "The Fall" (w/a, 2007) collected in ''Complete Multiple Warheads'' (tpb, 208 pages, Image, 2013, ) **''

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'' vol. 2 #5: "Under" (w/a, co-feature, 2009) *'' Arcana Studio Presents'' #6: "Creepsville" (a, with Bill Rude, Chris Wyatt and Kevin Hanna, Arcana Studio, 2009) *''

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Annual'' #2: "Madame Xanadu" (a, with

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, 2011) collected in ''Volume 7: Conception'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2012, ) *'' Thickness'' #2: "Dirty Deeds" (w/a, anthology, 2011) *

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: ** ''

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'' #7: "The Speaker" (w/a, anthology, 2011) ** '' Empowered: Internal Medicine'' (a, with Adam Warren, one-shot, 2014) collected in ''Unchained Volume 1'' (tpb, 208 pages, 2015, ) *''

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'' (w/a, collection of sketches, drawings and rare comics from 2009 to 2012, 112 pages, PictureBox, 2013, ) *'' The Infinite Corpse''
3 panel contribution
(w/a, independent web comic) *Living the Line: **Moonray: Book One: Mother’s Skin (w/ Xurxo G. Penalta)(TPB 160p, 2023 ) **Moonray: Book Two: Echoes of Ascension (w/ Xurxo G. Penalta)(TPB 160p. 2024 ) **Surviving on Mars (116p. 2024 )

Covers only

*Wanderlust #2 (Antarctic, 1999/2000) *'' Hack/Slash: The Series'' #13 ( Devil's Due, 2008) *'' Snakebomb Comix'' #1 ( Snakebomb, 2011) *'' Clockwork Girl'' hc (

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, 2011) *'' Elephantmen'' #43 (

, 2012) *'' Orc Stain'' #8 (Image, 2012) *'' Godzilla: The Half-Century War'' #3 (

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, 2012) *'' Burn the Orphanage: Born to Lose'' #1 (Image, 2013) *Copperhead #1 (Image,2014) *'' Shutter'' #1 and #25 (Image, 2014 and 2016) *''

'' #8 (Image, 2015) *The Beautiful Death #1 (Cover A)(Titan, 2017) *Kid Lobotomy #5 (Cover B)(IDW, 2017) *Rumble #10 (Cover B)(Image, 2018) *'' G.I Joe'' #3 (

, 2019) *'' Nomen Omen'' #4 (Cover C)(Image, 2020) *Grrl Scouts: Stone Ghost #5 (Variant cover)(Image, 2021) *Bolero #2 (Image, 2022) *Interstellar Dust #1 (Brandon Graham variant)(Antarctic, 2023) *Lovesick #6 (Cover C)(Image, 2023) *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 emastered(Brandon Graham cover)(Kickstarter/Waverly Press, 2023) *Penthouse Comics #4 (Cover H)(Penthouse, 2024)

Other works

* '' Love Is Calling Me'' (Cover art, music album by Joanna Wang, 2019)

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Brandon Living people Artists from Oregon American comics writers 1976 births Writers from Oregon