[Interview] Brandon Graham – Crackin’ Comics
Last fall, Caffeine Powered started telling me about a comics creator by the name of Brandon Graham. He told me that he was hooked to this Graham fellow’s blog, as it featured some absolutely mind-bending artwork. Always the petulant younger brother, I scoffed at Caff-Pow’s suggestion that I visit aforementioned blog, and returned to my regularly scheduled activities (which probably consisted of drinking beers, listening to Mastodon, and playing Mario Kart).
At the time, the name Brandon Graham was whisked away to the mental data file I’ve labeled The Zillions of Things Caffeine Powered’s Tried to Foist Onto Me.
But by mid-January, the file was retrieved and brought to the forefront of my mindscape. After all, this is when Prophet #21 dropped. This comic – a relaunch of an early 90s Rob Liefeld series — massaged naughty regions of my nerd-mind that’d gone chaste for years. The panels before me contained images of kooky monster-beasts and bio-technology and gritty action, presenting them with a multicolored urbanity. After mainlining this single issue, I was addicted to John Prophet’s post-cryostasis adventures.
And when I realized Brandon Graham was the scribe of Prophet? Well, I called up Caffeine Powered and told him, “Goddamn dude, you weren’t joking.”
To atone for my sins, I reached out to Brandon Graham to see if he’d be willing to share some thoughts with Omega-Level. In the following interview, Graham reflects on inspirations old and new, teases prospective releases, and reaffirms the adage that the greatest rogues rock eyepatches.
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Friday Brew Review: Wake Up Dead Imperial Stout
When I drink beer, I get sleepy.
After a pouring a few bottles of liquid-carbs into my tum-tum, I usually want to take a nap. At this point, the uproarious laughter and rock’n’roll shenanigans of a beer-drankin’ session take a backseat to my undying desire to hit the hay. I’m not complaining – this fatigue is a fair tradeoff for the great flavors and false sense of confidence that can only be delivered via brew. But if I’m being honest, I think I’d much prefer to drink beers that don’t make me want to sleep.
But as along as the brews don’t kill me, I’m goin’ to keep drinkin’ `em.
This philosophy has gotten me through years of dilettante beer reviewing. However, tonight’s beverage seems to be taunting me, offering me a potable challenge to the death. If I hadn’t spent years aspiring to the greatness of the roguish figures of my favorite comics and movies, I might just shirk away. But my moral compass is the byproduct of pop culture refuse and hyper-caffeination, so it’s time to Han Solo this Greedo-drank.
Tonight, I’m sipping on Wake Up Dead Imperial Stout
‘COMMUNITY’ Season 3 Midseason Premiere Has SOLID Debut. Well Done
Hark! The angels sing! Community returned last night, and it did so with some solid ratings. I’m proud of all of you.
NASA Releases Infrared Map Of THE ENTIRE GODDAMN UNIVERSE. Space Moan.
Even with little funding and a space program that is withering quicker than my Nana’s nethers, NASA has managed to accomplish something that I find pretty (inter)stellar. They’ve release an infrared map of the entire universe.
First ‘DARK SHADOWS’ TRAILER: Burton And Depp Continue Mutual Masturbatory Nonsense
Oh hey! It’s the trailer for the *latest* Tim Burton/Johnny Depp/Helena Bonham Carter movie. You know, Zany Whacky Time 10! Christ, they’re not even trying anymore.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Game Reviewer WAS Fired Over That Shitty Kane & Lynch Score
Journey back with me, my friends. Let us ride the collective unconscious back into the fleeting moments of 2007. It was then that Jeff Gerstmann was fired from GameSpot. It was then!, that rumors and allegations came out that it was because he wouldn’t kiss the grimy ass of Kane & Lynch. Now let us come back to the present. March, 2012. It is now, some 4+ years later, that the rumor is confirmed.
THIS WEEK ON Justified: Loose Ends
After a long day of being accused of corruption and murder, Raylan likes to kick back, have a beer, and hide the weapon used to frame him. All in a day’s work for our favorite US Marshal.
Criminal Charges Dropped Against American Facing Year In Prison For ‘Obscene’ Manga
Last year, news came that Ryan Matheson was facing criminal charges in Canada for manga that had been found on his laptop. It has now been announced that the charges against Matheson have been dropped, but not without a concession on his part.
WWE and Lionsgate to Remake ‘LEPRECHAUN’. Naturally.
Leprechaun was one of many horror movies back in the day that scared the crud out of my bunghole. I was a bit of a candy ass, and I was often babysat by older cousins. As such I spent many summer afternoons cowering in the other room while chuckle fucks like the Leprechaun terrorized fictional neighborhoods. Now that pain and horror will be inflicted on a new generation of wimpy kids.
Bethesda To Announce ELDER SCROLLS MMO IN May. More Like RL Oblivion, Right?
Bethesda is set to announce an Elder Scrolls MMO this May, in an announcement that will take the series in a direction that can only make too much sense.
