Nancy Brauer

Strandline: a free, reader-directed, sci-fi/action serial

// October 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Portfolio

Strandline by Nancy Brauer. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/devlyn/1860433769/

Strandline is a web serial and possibly a novel about the new subspecies Homo sapiens nictans. Why am I not sure if it’s a novel? Because I’m writing the story by the seat of my pants and looking to the readers for direction. It may end up as a novella or three, or a series of short stories. New episodes are posted every Monday and Friday.

Strandline is also a bit of an experiment. I’ve released it under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, which means that derivative works like fan fiction are a-okay. I hope that some readers enjoy the story enough to play in the Strandline sandbox.

Commercial Graphics

// June 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // Portfolio

Kroger “now hiring” signs

The advertising department of supermarket chain Kroger hired me to create two signs. Kroger supplied the text and the logo.

Print dimensions: 22 in. x 28 in.

Print dimensions: 24 in. x 18 in.

“The TV is watching you” graphic by Jarl Lyng

Cover Art

// May 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Portfolio

1,000 Stories

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Cover art for MCM’s 1,000 Stories collection, based on a Creative Commons-licensed photo by Autum Loverin.

Tori’s Row

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Cover art for Tori’s Row by Nancy Brauer and MCM. Background photo of Boston by Mike Folden.

Addergoole minibook

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Cover art for a minibook promoting Addergoole by Lyn Thorne-Alder. The Addergoole crest was created by Elizabeth McLaren. See the Addergoole website for the original version of the crest.

Strange Little Band

// May 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // Portfolio

A dark paranormal romance by Nancy Brauer and Vanessa Brooks

Strange Little Band is the ongoing story of Addison and Shane, two self-centered, amoral psychics who work for the cut-throat Triptych Corporation. Their insular, comfortable lives are disrupted when, due to Triptych’s machinations, they become unlikely parents. How can they raise a child when they can’t trust each other?

New installments are posted on Tuesday. If you’d like to start at the beginning, read the prologue. Several reviews are available on the SLB Web Fiction Guide page.

Illustration of the main characters by the talented Brian Goff

Digital Inking and Coloring

// January 25th, 2010 // No Comments » // Portfolio

“Starring Sonya Devereaux” #1

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In 2009 I colored a few pages of the first issue of “Starring Sonya Devereaux.” The comic is written by Todd Livingston. Pencils and inks are by Brendon and Brian Fraim.

“Starborn” graphic novel

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A few years ago I hired the insanely talented Astrid Vohwinkel to pencil a graphic novel. I wrote and digitally inked, colored, and lettered the pages.

Strange Little Band chibis

I hired artist and fellow writer Charissa Cotrill to pencil and ink cute, cartoonish versions of characters from my and Vanessa Brooks’ serial Strange Little Band. Then I colored them.

The Scarlet Lemming lemming

MCM and I hired illustrator extraordinaire Brian Goff to pencil and ink a deliberately silly rodent for MCM’s livewritten comedy/crime noir The Scarlet Lemming. It makes slightly more sense if you read the blurb. Anyway, I did the colors.