Brian Bram
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Brian Bram, born May 9, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, played a minor role in the underground comix movement with his contributions to American Splendor, the comic book series written and published by Harvey Pekar and, in 2003, made into an award-winning motion picture starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis.
Bram's first paid illustration job was a logo for a local rock band. At 17 he began contributing to Triad, a Chicago-based alternative magazine that published work by Skip Williamson and others. At 18 Bram served briefly as Art Director for the magazine.
Bram moved to Cleveland in 1975 to major in design and illustration at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Underground cartoonist Jay Lynch introduced him to Pekar who hired him to illustrate stories in the first issue of American Splendor. Bram contributed to the first two issues of American Splendor, along with artists Gary Dumm, Gregg Budgett, and Robert Crumb.
Since 1987 Bram has been living in Boston, Massachusetts and working in the interactive industry as Director of Creative Services at Last Panda Creative Media.
[edit] Further reading
- Comic Books as History, Joseph Witek, 1989, University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 0-87805-405-7
