The Site

As the late Ronald Reagan would say, 

         "Well..."

         I'm Glen Brogan and this site is a place where I display my artwork; sort of an online portfolio if you will. It's also a place for me to post my thoughts, rants, delusions, current projects, and whatever else. I called it "Albino Raven" way back when to emphasize the differences I saw between myself and what I was taught an artist is supposed to be. It's also a place for people to get in touch with me about commissioning my design and illustration services, or to just say hi.

Myself & My Art

.........When you're a kid you just naturally want to draw and create. Some of us are lucky enough to retain that creative urge as we get older, but becoming a "serious" artist can have its own politics: you have to know the right people, draw the right thing, and show in the right galleries. Sometimes it seems like you're expected to not only know the difference between good and bad art, but to know what should and shouldn't be considered art, period. After a while you can get caught up in the philosophy of the whole thing so much that you've lost touch with that little kid inside that would sit and draw for hours just because it was fun.

To me, fun is what art is about, pure and simple. I do it because I love it. Nobody should tell you why, how, or what is the right way for you to be happy creating what you want.

        Not only did I never outgrow that creative urge, but I never overcame my love for the first type of art children really take an interest in: cartoons. I believe cartooning is a far more complex and intriguing art form than most people think, and the style and sense of humor it requires is an artform all to iteslf. One of my favorite points about cartooning comes from Brad Bird, dircetor of "The Incredibles." He says that animation in filmmaking is not a genre, but rather another way to make any kind of film; and I feel that way about cartooning in any form: cartoons can be funny, serious, happy, gross, angry, sexy, disturbing, deep, intriguing, or anything else. They are a way to tell a story, to make you laugh and to make you think, and I believe they take a lot of that deep down inner something to create.



Selected Freelance Work Exhibitions and Shows Press

♣ Selected Freelance Work
  Splitreason.com
T-shirt Illustrator
2007-Present
     
  Brainwrap Productions
Poster design, prop design, animation, DVD design, DVD production & authoring, illustration, graphic design, photography, production assistant, story board artist
2006-Present
     
  Cubeecraft.com
Cubee paper toy deisgns
2008-Present
     
  Front Magazine  
  Vikki screen print 2011
  Melissa Clarke wallpaper 2011
  Superheroes Illustration, issue 156 2011
  Pirate Illustration, issue 155 2011
  Host with the Most Illustration, issue 153 2011
  Are Your Friends Aliens? Illustration, issue 152 2011
  Will Jack tribute illustration 2011
  Live Like You're Minted Illustration, issue 151 2011
  Build the Ultimate Gang Illustration, issue 151 2011
  Survive Winter Illustration, issue 149 2010
  College Girls Illustration, issue 147 2010
  Football Illustration, September 2010 issue 2010
  House Party Illustration, September 2010 issue 2010
  Festival Illustration, August 2010 issue
2010
  BTTF Illustration, Summer 2010 issue 2010
  Scars Illustration, July 2010 issue
2010
  Video Game Violence Illustration, May 2010 issue 2010
     
  Strange Kids Club  
  Picking Suspects Comic, Strange Kid Comix #3 2012
  Friday the 13th Wallpaper 2012
  The Video Dead Apocalypse Comic, Strange Kid Magazine #2 2011
  Promotional T-shirt Design 2011
  Strange Kid Meets Ernie Comic, Strange Kid Anthology #1 2011
  Strange Kid Shorties Comic Strip 2011-Present
     
  The Autumn Society  
  Logo Design 2011
  Print for Pizza Box Collection 2011
  Shell-Shock Poster Contirbution (Donatello) 2011
  3B Show Poster 2011
  3G Show Poster 2010
  80s Toy Show Poster 2010
  90s Show Poster 2010
  Banner Design 2010
     
  East End Main Street  
  Streetworks 4 Metal Sign Design 2012
  Streetworks 3 Brick Design 2011
  Bluegrass Kitchen Mural 2011
  Streetworks 2 Brick Design 2010
  Streetworks 1 Banner Design 2009
  E-Tote logo Design 2009
     
  Good Ol' Boys and a Girl  
  Flyer Design 2010
  Logo Design 2008
     
  Private Comission Family Portrait 2012
     
  Laika & Mondo Posters Paranorman Promotional Poster 2012
     
  Private Comission Oly in the lab 2012
     
  Seseame Street & Threadless T-shirt design 2012
     
  Dr. Sketchy's Charleston Promo Illustration 2012
     
  Private Comission Oly bathtub illustration 2011
     
  Private Comission Vintage keyboard pinup 2011
     
  WV Governor's Mansion Christmas tree ornament 2011
     
  Private Comission Couple illustration 2011
     
  Gallery 1988 Crazy 4 Cult Art Book Pee-wee Herman drawing 2011
     
  FHM Magazine Terminator illustrations 2011
     
  Geek-Art 8 Bit Champions Poster 2011
     
  Lovely Ladies Art book illustration contribution 2011
     
  WSAZ Beeper illustration for parade float 2011
     
  Trackside Logo Design 2011
     
  DreamworksPrint Illustrations 2011
     
  Games Master Presents, issue 1   Mario's Closet spread and Poster 2010
     
  Hillary Homburg, DDS  Flyer Design 2010
     
  Tiki TimLogo Design 2010
     
  NASA & The Mars Society  Coloring book illustration 2010
     
  We Are Paper Toys!Photo of Ernie Cubee used in craft book 2010
     
  ForMyCellular.comLogo Design 2010
     
  FestivALLLetter Design 2010
     
  Private CommissionWedding invitation illustration 2010
     
  Woot.com  T-shirt Design 2010
     
  Cartoon Network  Adverture Time promotional piece
2010
     
  Private CommissionIllustrations used for tattoos 2010
     
  Play All Day: Design for Children  Photo of Ernie Cubee in children's book 2009
     
  Private CommissionWedding invitation illustration 2009
     
  Selling WV  Logo Design 2009
     
  Private CommissionPoster 2008
     
  SpookyDaddy.com  T-shirt designs 2007
     
  Destructoid.com  T-shirt and Promotional Design 2006
     
  Razor Sharp Productions  Opening Credit Illustration 2005
     
  Bug House Comics  Poster Illustration
2003
     
  Capital High School Athletic apparel illustration, Web graphic illustration
2002
     
     
♣ Exhibitions & Shows
  The Official Bad Robot Art Experience Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, CA 2013
     
  Is This Thing On: SNL Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, CA 2013
     
  Get a Room Bottleneck Gallery Brooklyn, NY 2013
     
  A Tribute to Judd Apatow Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Clay Center Holiday Exhibition Clay Center Charleston, WV 2012
     
  Black Friday Art Walk The Purple Moon Charleston, WV 2012
     
  Bad Dads Art Show Spoke Art San Francisco, CA 2012
     
  Artmares Contemporary Galleries Charleston, WV 2012
     
  Art Inspired by Premium Cable Bottleneck Gallery Brooklyn, NY 2012
     
  Breaking Bad Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Crazy 4 Cult NY New York, NY 2012
     
  Night of the Exquisite Corpse Light Grey Art Labs Minneapolis, MN 2012
     
  There's Always Money in the Banana Stand Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Six Seasons and an Movie Pixel Drip Gallery Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Steve Martin Tribute Gallery 1988 Venice  Santa Monica, CA 2012
     
  Memes Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Avengers Assemble Art Show Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Adventure Time Mondo Gallery Austin, TX 2012
     
  Charleston Art Walk The Purple Moon Charleston, WV 2012
     
  Fables and Fairytales Acidree Online Gallery 2012
     
  Is This Thing On? 2 Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Eat Your Art Out V Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Super Button Mashers OhNo! Doom Arcade & Gallery Chicago, IL 2012
     
  Gallery 1988 x Adult Swim Gallery 1988 LA Los Angeles, CA 2012
     
  Clay Center Holiday Exhibition Clay Center Charleston, WV 2011
     
  Sonic Generations Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA 2011
     
  Please Post Bills Gallery 1988 LA  Los Angeles, CA 2011
     
  Artmares Kanawha Players Theater Charleston, WV 2011
     
  The Iconoclastic Dead Guru Tienda & Galleria La Roma, Mexico 2011
     
  8 Bit Champions La Flaq Gallery Paris, France 2011
     
  Garbage Pail Kids Gallery 1988 LA  Los Angeles, CA 2011
     
  Monster Creeps Dark Delicacies Burbank, CA 2011
     
  Wet Hot American Summer Gallery 1988 Venice Santa Monica, CA 2011
     
  Shell-Shock Brave New Worlds  Philadelphia, PA 2011
     
  Cubeecraft Exhibition Brave New Worlds  Philadelphia, PA 2011
     
  3B Show  Gallery 1988 Venice  Santa Monica, CA 2011
     
  1st Annual Juried Exhibition  Gallery842 Huntington, WV 2011
     
  Is This Thing on? Gallery 1988 LA Los Angeles, CA 2011
     
  8-Bit Calavera Ground Kontrol Arcade  Portland, Oregon 2010
     
  Artmares Kanawha Players Theater Charleston, WV 2010
     
  Video Game Gore Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA 2010
     
  Too Many Games  Wyomissing, PA 2010
     
  3G Show  Gallery 1988 LA  Los Angeles, CA
2010
     
  Turning Japanese  Brave New Worlds  Philadelphia, PA 2010
     
  80s Toy Show Brave New Worlds  Philadelphia, PA 2010
     
  Crazy 4 Cult 4  Gallery 1988 LA  Los Angeles, CA
2010
     
  Buswater - Summer 2010 Buswater House Charleston, WV 2010
     
  FetivALL Auction Taylor Books Charleston, WV 2010
     
  Streetworks Auction  Frutcake Charleston, WV 2010
     
  Another Dimension  Gallery 1988  San Francisco, CA 2010
     
  The 90s Show  Brave New Worlds  Philadelphia, PA 2010
     
  Adventure Time Art Show Gallery Cartoon Network Studios Burbank, CA
2010
     
  Under a Bill Good News Mountaineer Garage Gallery Charleston, WV 2009
     
  Hellboy 15th Anniversay Show  Brave New Worlds  Philadelphia, PA 2009
     
  Artmares Gallery East End Main Street Gallery Charleston, WV 2009
     
  WV Filmmakers Festival  Sutton, WV 2009
     
  Dia De Los Muertos Proximity Gallery Philadelphia, PA 2009
     
  2 Art 4 TVNew York, NY 2009
     
  8 Bit and Beyond  Brave New Worlds  Philadelphia, PA 2009
     
  ZakkaBrooklyn, NY 2009
     
  Streetworks Auction  Bluegrass Kitchen Charleston, WV 2009
     
  WV Fimakers Festival  Sutton, WV 2008
     
  WV International Film Festival  Charleston, WV
2008
     
  Appalachian Film Festival  Huntington, WV 2007
     
  Student Sculpture Show Morris Building Gallery Huntington, WV 2007
     
  Marshall University Student Juried Show Birke Art Gallery Huntington, WV 2007
     
  Marshall University Student Juried Show Birke Art Gallery Huntington, WV 2006
     
     
♣ Press
 

Splitsider Gallery 1988's SNL Art Show

Laughing Squid Is This Thing On? 2 Too, A Saturday Night Live Themed Art Show

Cartoon Brew Paranorman Posters

Fanpop! Bluth's Original Frozen Banana

laist No Touching: 'Arrested Development' Gets its Own Art Show

Flavorwire Preview Gallery 1988's 'Arrested Development' Tribute Exhibition
Gallery 1988's 'Breaking Bad' Tribute
•  SNL Inspired Art from Gallery 1988

Entertainment Weekly Arrested Development gets Awesome Art Exhibit

What an Art! Avengers Assemble Print

Screen Crush Adventure Time Mondo Gallery

Cheezburger Where's Jason?

OMGPosters.com First Look at Acidfree Gallery's Fables and Fairytales Show

Things to do in LA 
Matt and Seth Nice Guys at Adult Swim Art Show x Gallery 1988 • Glen Brogan Interview

Nerdwire  Ye Olde Mario World

Technabob  Ye olde Mario World Map

Manmosh.com  Ye Olde Mario World Map

Sega Memories  Let's Go to the Sonic Generation Art Show

Hey Oscar Wilde!  Jeff Goldblum

Geekleetist  Jeff Goldblum

The Daily What  Burlesque Adventure Time of the Day •  Ye Olde Super Mario World of the Day

Cinemassacre.com  TMNT Art Show

Dr. Sketchy.com   A Gift From One of Our Local Art Stars

io9.com   Fine art with a dash of Turtle Power •  io9 Roundup

Buzzfeed.com  30 Pieces of Strange and Awesome Fan-art

Thrillist.com   Glen Brogan Tees

Fuel Your Illustration  Autumn Society Presents The 3B Show •  ArtMares

Strange Kids Club  Artist Interview


Telltale Games  Some Rad Back to the Future Based Art

WSAZ  Artist Interview

[Adult Swim]  Commercial Bumper 1  •  Commercial Bumper 2

We Are Paper Toys!  Photo of Ernie Cubee

PlayAll Day: Design for Children  Photo of Ernie Cubee

Kill Screen Magazine, 
Issue 0  Autumn Society

Official Nintendo Magazine of France,  Feb 2010 issue  Le dress code de Mario en question

Charleston Daily Mail  Artists pave the way for FestivALL •  Mural gives cartoonish take on east end scene

Charleston Gazette  East End Main Street Banners  •  Beeper Lives  • FestivALL Parade
Mural planned for East End5 Questions: MU Grad Part of 'Avengers' Debut

Gonintendo.com  Pray for a true peace in space  •  Video game art - “Mario’s Closet”

Kotaku.com  Pray For A True Tan In Space  What to Wear-a?

TinyCartridge.com  "8-Bit Bikini"  •  Mario's Closet

Comic Book Resources  Glen Brogan's White Violin  •  The Autumn Society's Hellboy Art Show

GayGamer.net  That Doesn't Seem Very Spaceworthy  •  Fan Art: What to Wear?

Gamesniped.com  Splitreason T-shirts  •  Awesome Video Game T-shirts

ToplessRobot.com  Geek Apparel of the Week  •  Geek Apparel of the Week

SlashFilm.com  Galley 1988's "Is This Thing On" Art Show
 •  3G Art Show  • Cool Stuff: The 3B Show
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  •  TMNT Art Exhibit in PhiladelphiaPage2
Cool Stuff: Arrested Development Art ShowCool Stuff: Step Brothers 4th Anniversary Art Show
A Tribute to Judd Apatow Art Show
Cool Stuff: Gallery1988's SNL Art Show

Sam's Myth  Glen Brogan

Bloody-Disgusting.com  Twilight Zone Art


Gamesradar.com  42 Great Video Game Shirts

Coty Gonzales  101 Nintendo T-Shirts

Gamer Blips  "8-Bit Bikini"

The Photo Stream  Samus in her 8-bit bikini

Play.tm  Samus 8-Bit Bikini

Super Punch  Samus in her 8-bit bikini •  Gallery 1988's Adult Swim showIllustration Roundup

4 Color Rebellion  Samus 8-Bit Bikini

Offworld  One Shot: Glen Brogan's Arcade Pin-Up

Comics Alliance  Link Ink

Frederator Blog  Adventure Time with Finn and Jake

Digg.com  Mario's Closet

Geekologie.com  Very Clever: A Peek Inside Mario's Closet

Otakumag.com  Mario's Closet

JoystickDivision.com  Mario Can't Decide What to Wear

Gamememo.com  Mario's Closet

Meneame.net  El armario de Mario Bros.

Destructoid.com  Mario's closet is full of choices

The Mojo Wire  Hometown Boy Makes Good.

IGN.com  2010 Gamer Girl Gift Guide  •  "Mighty Kong" Splitreason  •  T-Shirt of the Day: Great Shelled Dragon

Monsters Cereal Blog  Part of a Balanced Breakfast

The Doug Jones Experience  Art for Dougie

Exra Sequential  Cubeecraft article

NoobTube  Episode 134

Forbidden Planet  More Watchmen Stuff

Cubeecraft.com  Glen Brogan