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Bevat de naam: Brian "Box" Brown

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Werken van Box Brown

Andre the Giant: Life and Legend (2014) 269 exemplaren
Tetris: The Games People Play (2016) — Auteur; Illustrator — 252 exemplaren
Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America (2019) — Auteur; Illustrator — 59 exemplaren
An Entity Observes All Things (2015) 26 exemplaren
Child Star (2020) 20 exemplaren
Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing (2009) 14 exemplaren
The Survivalist. by Box Brown (2011) 12 exemplaren
Number 1 (2014) 9 exemplaren
Rugrats Vol. 1 (2018) 7 exemplaren
Everything Dies 3 4 exemplaren
Rugrats Vol. 2 (2018) 3 exemplaren
Number 2 (2014) 3 exemplaren
Everything Dies 2 3 exemplaren
Beach Girls plus Dweeb (2013) 2 exemplaren
The Mark 2 exemplaren
Everything Dies #1 2 exemplaren
Everything Dies 5 2 exemplaren
Rugrats, Vol. 1 1 exemplaar
Secret Prison 7 (2012) 1 exemplaar
Everything Dies 6 1 exemplaar
André, o Gigante 1 exemplaar
Powerman (2016) 1 exemplaar
Everything Dies 4 1 exemplaar
Everything Dies #7 (2011) 1 exemplaar
Fuck Shits 1 exemplaar
Operation Pizza 1 exemplaar
The Great Disappointment (2011) 1 exemplaar
New Physics 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Brown, Brian
Geboortedatum
1980
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA

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Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC!

This is fascinating! I love it when a graphic novel uses it's format to inform, and entertain at the same time. It was especially interesting how war, propaganda and advertising played such a huge role in our childhood memories. A fascinating (and a little terrifying!) slice of history.
 
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eboods | 1 andere bespreking | Feb 28, 2024 |
A depressing but lively look at how toy corporations have been grooming children for the past century to make them brand-loyal consumers whose nostalgia will keep them worshiping at corporate IP altars their whole lives.

The irony of course is that as Box Brown points out how nostalgia has made us marketing prisoners I spend most of the book going, "Ooh, I remember those!" as he discusses various toys and story franchises. And with his last few books about Tetris, Andre the Giant, and Andy Kaufman, Brown is no stranger to exploiting pop culture nostalgia for his own book sales.

Brown cites the Netflix "Toys That Made Us" documentary series several times. If you haven't had a chance, that show is as fun and enlightening as this.
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villemezbrown | 1 andere bespreking | Sep 12, 2023 |
Stuck between a 2/2.5 and a 3 because I enjoyed a lot of aspects of it, particularly the beginning and end which spoke more to what draws people to games and gaming in a psychological and philosophical sense. By contrast the middle section felt like a largely unbroken series of nearly identical businessmen sitting in board rooms, getting on and off planes, and arguing about contracts and the legal rights to Tetris. I get that this is actually what happened in terms of plot, but it also feels like all there is to take in visually as well. I found the graphic style pretty engaging for the most part, but I wish the bookend commentary on games and the battles over the distribution rights to Tetris were more connected thematically.… (meer)
 
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bmanglass | 16 andere besprekingen | Aug 31, 2023 |
My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/4eDl7k5mJm4

Enjoy!
 
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booklover3258 | 16 andere besprekingen | Mar 24, 2023 |

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36
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Leden
801
Populariteit
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Waardering
½ 3.6
Besprekingen
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ISBNs
37
Talen
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