User:Brian germain

Brian Germain (1973, Beaufort, South Carolina) is an artist living in Michigan, near Flint. Germain has done numerous small press projects, including covers for Science Fiction and Fantasy books.

Since 1998, Brian Germain has been gaining attention in the field of comic books and graphic novels. He formed a production company called Dark Elf Designs in 2000. The company's stated purpose was to join artists, writers, models, musicians, and the like for the purpose of promoting each other and themselves through producing marketable product, in addition to collaboration with each other and word of mouth via the collaborators involved.

Germain has partnered up with a (larger) publishing company called COM Publishing. Through Dark Elf Designs, Brian has worked on projects with COM Publishing, Arrow Comics, Twisted Gate Entertainment, CORE Studios, Venterra Productions, Cat's Pajamas Media, MFC Studios, Affinity Storm Press and World of Tezlon. In 2003 he was the May edition of "Previews: Star Artist of the Month" In 2007 Brian Germain along with Cat's Pajamas Media, and COM Publishing led Dark Elf Designs to run XcapeCON the first Pop Culture Nostalgia convention in Mid-Michigan in over 20 years. The Smashing Success of XcapeCON 1 led Brian to run XcapeCON 2 The following year, and it has now turned into an annual event.

When Brian's first comic book, MoonShadow, was released in 2003, it was quite successful considering it was a debut published by it creator and distributed only by hand at conventions and signings. MoonShadow sold over one thousand copies in less than six months.

An excerpt from an article originally posted in the Flint Journal read more by clicking the link below or posting it to your browser. >>>[Germain, 35, started Dark Elf Designs to help people such as Jordan get started in the comic business.

Cartoon illustration courtesy of Randy Zimmerman/Zimm graphix

The business grew out of his frustration trying to get a comic published almost 20 years ago.

"Most of the big publishers say, 'We don't want to publish anybody whose never been published before,'" Germain said. "Which made me wonder, 'Then how do I get published?'"

Today, about 60 artists and writers are associated with Dark Elf Designs, which produces comic books and graphic novels. "We act as a talent firm with a publishing company attached," Germain said.]]]<<< http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2008/08/comics_culture_coming_into_its.html

An excerpt from an article originally posted in the Flint Journal read more by clicking the link below or posting it to your browser. >>>["No matter how much this grows, I will always want it to be better," he said. "I don't want it to be another Marvel (comic publisher). I want it to be the best Dark Elf Designs."]<<< http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2007/11/swartz_creek_when_brian.html

The following is a link for the Community Calendar on the Flint Journal's website featuring XcapeCON 2 http://www.mlive.com/events/index.ssf?s=e&pagetype=results&SearchCategory=161&SearchDate=2008-11-22