Ivan Brandon
| Ivan Brandon | |
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| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor |
| http://ivanbrandon.com/ | |
Ivan Brandon (born 1976) is a
comic book writer known for his work on titles such as DC Comics' Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape and Men of War as well as creator-owned series Viking, The Cross Bronx and NYC Mech, published by Image Comics. He is also the creator and producer of the Eisner-nominated anthology series 24Seven
.
Early life
Ivan Brandon was born in
Elektra as having had an influential impact on him.[2]
Brandon studied art under David Mazzucchelli, and has stated that he made his first comics with him at age 10.[2][3]
Career
Brandon got his start at Beckett Comics, providing scripts for two series created by the company's founder
period dramas such as Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal and the parallels he perceived between Viking history and organized crime.[4][5]
Also in 2009, Brandon started writing for DC Comics with Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape.[6][7] For DC Comics' 2011 company-wide title relaunch The New 52, Brandon wrote Men of War,[8][9][10] which lasted eight issues before its cancellation.[11]
Bibliography
Early work
- Beckett Comics:
- Gene-Fusion A.D. 2310 #1–4 (with Neil Vokes, 2003)
- Terminator 3 #1–2: "Before the Rise" (with Goran Parlov, 2003)
- ISBN 1-5824-0566-2)
- ISBN 0-9721-8312-4)
Image Comics
- NYC Mech (co-written by Brandon and Miles Gunter, art by Andy MacDonald):
- NYC Mech #1–6 (with additional art by ISBN 1-5824-0558-1)
- NYC Mech: Beta Love #1–6 (2005–2006) collected as NYC Mech: Beta Love (tpb, 160 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-582-40889-0)
- Image! #11: "Dead Again" (anthology, 2023)
- NYC Mech #1–6 (with additional art by
- Grounded #1–6 (as "editor"; written by Mark Sable, drawn by Paul Azaceta, 2005–2006)
- 24Seven (as creator and editor, series of anthology graphic novels):
- Volume 1 (224 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-636-7) featured several stories written by Brandon:
- "Last Stop" (with Eduardo Risso)
- "Transit" (with Jeff Amano)
- "Perro" (with Alex Maleev)
- "Flush" (with Dan Panosian)
- "Drag" (with Eric Canete)
- Volume 2 (240 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-5824-0846-7) featured two stories written by Brandon:
- "Getaway" (with Calum Alexander Watt)
- "Little Nano in Alphaland" (with Gene Ha)
- Volume 1 (224 pages, 2006,
- ISBN 1-5824-0690-1)
- ISBN 1-5824-0847-5)
- Fear Agent #10: "Wild Goose" (with Rafael Albuquerque, co-feature, 2007)
- Collected in Fear Agent Library Edition Volume 1 (hc, 440 pages, ISBN 1-6165-5005-8)
- Collected in Fear Agent: The Final Edition Volume 4 (tpb, 248 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-53430-875-X)
- Collected in Fear Agent Library Edition Volume 1 (hc, 440 pages,
- ISBN 1-5824-0964-1)
- ISBN 1-6070-6169-4)
- ISBN 1-6070-6004-3)
- Top Cow, 2010)
- ISBN 1-5343-0067-8)
- Drifter (with Nic Klein, 2014–2017) collected as:
- Out of the Night (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5281-9)
- The Wake (collects #6–9, tpb, 104 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5501-X)
- Lit by Fire (collects #10–14, tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-632-15706-3)
- Remains (collects #15–19, tpb, 120 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-5343-0187-9)
- Out of the Night (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2015,
- Black Cloud (co-written by Brandon and Jason Latour, art by Greg Hinkle, Paul Reinwand (#6) and Saumin Patel (#9–10), 2017–2018) collected as:
- No Exit (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-5343-0328-6)
- No Return (collects #6–10, tpb, 128 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-5343-0669-2)
- No Exit (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2017,
- ISBN 1-5343-0693-5)
- ISBN 1-5343-0822-9)
Marvel Comics
- ISBN 0-7851-3557-X)
- Marvel Comics Presents vol. 2 #8–12: "Machine Man" (with Niko Henrichon, anthology, 2008)
- ISBN 0-7851-4103-0)
- ISBN 0-7851-4529-X)
- ISBN 0-7851-6146-5)
- ISBN 0-7851-9580-7)
DC Comics
- ISBN 1-4012-2655-8)
- ISBN 1-4012-2608-6)
- Nemesis: The Impostors #1–4 (with Cliff Richards, 2010)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham #14–16: "The Long Way Down" (with Ramon Bachs, co-feature, 2010)
- ISBN 1-4012-3015-6)
- First Wave, 2010–2011)
- JSA 80-Page Giant 2011: "The Perfect Score" (with Nic Klein, anthology one-shot, 2011)
- ISBN 1-40123-499-2)
- ISBN 1-4012-5062-9)
- ISBN 1-4012-5864-6)
Other publishers
- IDW Publishing:
- ISBN 1-6001-0016-3)
- ISBN 1-6001-0078-3)
- ISBN 1-6001-0209-3)
- ISBN 1-6314-0939-5)
- ISBN 1-9327-9690-8)
- ISBN 0-3162-1298-9)
- Spitball: A CCAD Comics Anthology #1: "Labyrinth" (with Alissa Sallah, Columbus College of Art and Design, 2015)
- ISBN 1-5039-3811-5)
References
- ^ Biography page at Ivan Brandon's official site
- ^ Quick Stop Entertainment. Archived from the originalon February 22, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
- ^ a b Brandon, Ivan (January 20, 2010). "Wikipedia". ivanbrandon.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Sullivan, Michael Patrick (February 25, 2009). "Ivan Brandon Conquers Image with "Viking"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
- ^ Bell, Drew (January 21, 2009). "Getting Into Viking with Ivan Brandon". Newsarama. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
- ^ Brady, Matt (March 13, 2009). "Getting Away from Electric City: Ivan Brandon on Escape". Newsarama. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
- ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (March 13, 2009). "Ivan Brandon Siphons Secrets in "Escape"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- ^ "DC Relaunch: Q&A with Men Of War's Ivan Brandon". Ace Comics. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
- ^ Manning, Shaun (June 29, 2011). "Brandon Enlists "Men of War"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
- ^ "IVAN BRANDON Talks MEN OF WAR @ NEW 52 NYC Premiere". Newsarama. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
- ^ Kushins, Josh (January 12, 2012). "DC Comics in 2012-–-Introducing the "Second Wave" of DC Comics The New 52". The Source. DC Comics. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
External links
- Official website
- Ivan Brandon at the Grand Comics Database
- Ivan Brandon at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Podcast Interview with Ivan Brandon at Scripts and Scribes
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