Brian Ralph
Sequential art professor
Education
- B.F.A., illustration, Rhode Island School of Art and Design
Credentials
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Faculty, sequential art, 2009–present
Visiting professor, 2009, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
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Faculty, illustration, 2004–09
Adjunct faculty, 2005–09
Admissions representative, 2001, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
- Cartooning Programs, Office of School and Student Services, Summer 2005–07, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
- Open Minds art Instructor, grades 4–7, 2000–07, Creative Alliance, Baltimore
- Sequential arts instructor, grades 4–7, 2000–04, School 33, Baltimore
- Art 1 instructor, grades 9–12, 2002–03, The Key School, Annapolis, MD
- Animator, 1999–2000, Mentor Technologies, Annapolis, MD
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- "Great Graphic Novels for Teens," Daybreak, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), 2012
- New York Times Best Sellers List #6, Hardcover Graphic Novel, 2011
- Sequential Art Recognition, Society of Illustrators, New York, 2003
- Best Comic Book, CityPaper, Best of Baltimore, 2002
- Grant for self-publishing, Xeric Foundation, Northampton, Mass., 2000
- Ignatz award for Best New Talent, Best Comic, Small Press Expo, Bethesda, Md., 1999
- Eisner nominee, Best Production Design, Cave-In, San Diego Comic Convention, San Diego, 1999
Publications and presentations
Visiting artist lectures and critiques
- Lecture and book signing. At Reggie 12 book signing tour: Seattle; Portland, Ore.; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Baltimore; and Bethesda, Md., 2013.
- Visiting artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2009.
- Small Press Comics Presentation, Cockeysville Library, Cockeysville, Md., 2007.
Publications
- Cave-In (reprint), Drawn and Quarterly, 2013.
- Reggie 12, Drawn and Quarterly, 2013.
- Daybreak Collected, Drawn and Quarterly, 2011.
- Daybreak, Vol. 1, 2 and 3, New Bodega, 2006–09.
- Climbing Out, Fireball Comics, 2002.
- Cave-In, Highwater Books, 1999.
Selected illustrations
- Francis Scott Key Comic for city celebration, City of Baltimore Office of Promotion, 2014.
- Character illustrations, Vice Magazine, 2012.
- 8-page comic, B Magazine, 2009.
- Cover, Philadelphia Weekly, 2009.
- Op-ed, New York Times, 2007.
- Baltimore Magazine, 2007.
- Illustration, Seattle Stranger, 2007.
- Baltimore CityPaper, 2007.
- Mascot design, The Walters Art Museum, 2007.
- Poster, Nike, 2006.
- Comic, Volkswagen, 2006.
- Comics for textbooks, McGraw-Hill, 2005.
- Book reviews, New York Daily News, 1997–2003.
- Comic, Giant Robot Magazine, 1999–present.
- Comic, Nickelodeon Magazine, 2000–03.
- Cover, AIGA, 2003.
- Op-ed, New York Times, 2002.
- Comic, Museum of Modern Art Magazine, 2002.
Selected bibliography and anthologies
- Devlin, Tom. Drawn and Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, and Graphic Novels, Drawn and Quarterly, 2016.
- Lyons, Paul. Screw Job, Hidden Fortress Press, 2014.
- Modem, Nadine. Dirt Anthology, British collection, 2010.
Conferences/panels
- "For Kids/Not for Kids," panel presented at Small Press Expo, Bethesda, Md., 2013.
- "Conversation with CF and Tom Spurgeon," discussion at Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, 2011.
- "Comics Constraints," presented at Small Press Expo, Bethesda, Md., 2011.
- "Fort Thunder," panel presented at Small Press Expo, Bethesda, Md., 2010.
Exhibitions
- Skatepark Charity, group show, Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2011.
- Covered, group show, Secret Headquarters, Los Angeles, 2010.
- Versus, group show, Wind-Up Space, Baltimore, 2009.
- To the Masses, group show, Scion Installation Space, Los Angeles, 2007.
- The Pain of Being Dead, group show Lo-Fi Social Club, Baltimore, 2007.
- Wunderground, group show, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, R.I., 2006.
- Panelists, group show, Giant Robot Store, New York, 2005.
- Shazam!, group show, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, 2003.