Sam Brown, pseudonym of Adam Culbert, is an American illustrator and author most noted for his website,

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. The

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of the site is that he draws pictures based on titles that visitors to the site send him via email or Twitter. He has also written two books of art and

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, ''Wish For Something Better'' and ''Amazing Rain'', based on the art of his website. Most of Sam Brown's art is created in

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on a

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tablet, although recently he has begun doing some drawings on paper. The fact that the art is produced on a computer is not readily apparent from viewing; other than occasional

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s and transparency effects, the majority of the work is solid color-filled line drawings. Recurrent themes in Sam Brown's art include dogs, fish, birds,

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s, alien visitors,

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(portrayed as a green liquid), clouds, dictators and

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s, although he will never draw monkeys."Fact on Brown's particularity of not drawing monkeys" http://explodingdog.com/answers.html His people have a distinctive appearance, their faces a plain circle with a line drawn across the middle for the mouth and two scribbled circles for eyes. In 2007 Sam Brown became a member of the Dumbrella comic collective.

References

External links

Explodingdog website

Explodingdog Instagram Page

In the news

July 2001 Interview
with The Morning News
Three Imaginary Girls, July 2004

Austin Chronicle, March 2005

Bostonist, July 2006

Fairfield County Weekly July 21, 2005
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American male writers American webcomic creators {{US-comics-artist-stub