Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown
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I usually balance out autobiography with goofy, amusing stuff to help keep the humour in my more serious work.
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I've never written a book with the intention of winning someone back or getting back at someone or anything like that. It's always just been about thinking about life and how relationships fit in to what life means.
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The village is running smoothly and people are continuing to build relationships with one another, friendships across lines, ... mayor.
I've always been a 'write first' artist: the drawings are always in service of the writing.
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There's just nothing that comes close to this,
both draw paper pens
When you're looking for a sketchbook, you've got to find the right paper for the pens you like to use. I like to draw on both sides of the page.
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My books should feel like you're getting a peek into a private world: a diary no one was meant to read. As soon as I start thinking, 'This book is going to be published,' my drawing becomes calculated and deliberate. It's one of the ways I trick myself.
deep inside love
I think comfort, stability, and love are the things that really let me be happy. Deep down inside I'm a little boring, I guess.
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I think I've been able to build up a wide range of styles in storytelling, using comics in different ways from project to project. I think my art has become more accomplished, although I try to keep it from becoming slick or superficial.
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I couldn't have found a better place. I tell everybody back home how nice it is,
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Perhaps we need to go down there to talk to folks who are reluctant, so that they'll see there are people reaching out to them, who care about them, ... That's the major thing that we need to convey at this point.
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One thing I think is that comics are really good at expressing emotion. I think there's a way that comics characters can be drawn not-realistically, but the emotional reality is still very sincere. So you can have these exaggerations that express inner emotion through physical appearance.
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Only 10 percent of people who go to art school will still be making art in 10 years. To some extent, you have to want to do it. It's hard. It is something you really have to stick with for it to work.
Write a lot and don't think about publishing - just the writing.