Chuck Brown (comics artist)
American comics artist
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Chuck Brown is an American comics artist known for co-creating the comic book series Bitter Root and Flawed, and the webcomic 1000.
Bitter Root
1000
including:
- Best Continuing Series (2020 and 2022)
| Chuck Brown | |
|---|---|
Brown at GalaxyCon Nashville in 2026 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Area | Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Flawed Bitter Root 1000 |
| Awards | Two Eisner Awards including:
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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.[1]
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-19 pandemic, so that he could become a full-time comics creator.[1]
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]