Amazing Rain

by Sam Brown

With the deceptively simple use of line of Matt Groening or James Thurber, the deft and elegant use of color of Chris Ware or Hergé, the cinematographic eye of Eric Drooker, and the combined sense of dark humor and nostalgic sadness of Edward Gorey, Brown has created a sparse and engrossing novella that stands beautifully, beckoningly outside of any of the established forms or conventions of the comic book or the graphic novel to date. Like a medieval tapestry of Nathaniel West’s Miss Lonelihearts drawn by Keith Haring on a Wacom tablet, Sam Brown weaves a story within a story, a fable entwined in a narrative of urban disenchantment and pastoral escape.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Art

100 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Sam Brown, pseudonym of Adam Culbert, is an American illustrator and author most noted for his website, explodingdog. The gimmick of the site is that he draws pictures based on titles that visitors to the site send him via email or Twitter.

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sam Brown's artistic talents are legion. His combination of color, line drawings and perspective - coupled with his genius dark humor - have sucked me into many an hour long perusal of his website explodingdog.com. He welcomes his audience's participation in his art - send him an email with a potential title for an original work and see how/if he incorporates it into a new piece.

This collection of pieces makes for an excellent coffee table book - or for just an occasional not-so-subtle reminder not to take life too seriously.

[Richard]

With the deceptively simple use of line of Matt Groening or James Thurber, the deft and elegant use of color of Chris Ware or Hergé, the cinematographic eye of Eric Drooker, and the combined sense of dark humor and nostalgic sadness of Edward Gorey, Brown has created a sparse and engrossing novella that stands beautifully, beckoningly outside of any of the established forms or conventions of the comic book or the graphic novel to date. Like a medieval tapestry of Nathaniel West’s Miss Lonelihearts drawn by Keith Haring on a Wacom tablet, Sam Brown weaves a story within a story, a fable entwined in a narrative of urban disenchantment and pastoral escape.

[Nōn · Rating 5 out of 5]

sam brown connects and captures sadness in simple, colorful drawings.

[Rhonda · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love sam brown! for all of you that are not familiar with him, check out www.explodingdog.com......amazing!

[Jessalyn King · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Sam Brown!

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adam's book!! I think it is almost out of print if it isn't already.