Gerald Brom yog tus kws sau ntawv, tus kws kos duab Asmeskas thiab tus tsim tsim khoom uas ua haujlwm raws li tus kws tshaj lij pseudonym Brom. Nws ua haujlwm feem ntau hauv hom ntawv dab neeg gothic, fantasy thiab ntshai heev. Tsim kev ua si, comics, dab neeg thiab dab neeg luv luv.
Biography
Gerald Brom yug hauv Albany (Georgia, Tebchaws Asmeskas) thaum Lub Peb Hlis 9, 1965. Nws loj hlob hauv tsev neeg ntawm ib tug tub rog tsav tsheb, lawv feem ntau tsiv mus. Nws tau nyob hauv Nyiv, Lub Tebchaws Yelemees, qhov chaw nws kawm tiav high school (hauv Frankfurt am Main), Alabama, Hawaii thiab lwm lub xeev ntawm Asmeskas.
Gerald Brom nyiam kev kos duab txij li thaum yau, tab sis tsis tau kawm txuj ci. Raws li kev pab qhia ntawv, nws tau siv cov hauj lwm ntawm cov kws ua yeeb yam nto moo. Raws li Gerald Brom sau tseg, cov duab ntawm Frank Frazetta, Newell Converse Wyatt thiab Norman Rockwell muaj kev cuam tshuam tshwj xeeb rau nws txoj haujlwm. Txij li thaum yau, Gerald tau fascinated los ntawm mysticism, inexplicable, nws pom nyob rau hauv no tshwj xeeb kev zoo nkauj uas nws sim mus ntes. Tus kws kos duab hu ua melancholy nws muse.
Nco
Gerald Brompaub rau ntau yam yooj yim Bromine. Tus kws kos duab piav qhia nws qhov kev xaiv ntawm lub npe pseudonym los ntawm qhov tseeb tias, vim nws nquag tsiv hauv tsev kawm ntawv, nws tau raug hu ua ntu zus los ntawm nws lub xeem, vim nws yooj yim rau kev hais lus thiab hais lus. Sij hawm dhau mus, Gerald tau siv rau nws thiab txiav txim siab siv nws los ua tus kws tshaj lij pseudonym.
pib ua haujlwm
Thaum 20, Gerald Brom tau ua haujlwm puv sijhawm ua tus kws kos duab tshaj tawm hauv Atlanta, Georgia. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 21, nws tau los ua ib tus kws kos duab nto moo hauv tebchaws. Nws tau ua haujlwm rau Coca-Cola, IMB thiab CNN ("Cable News Network"). Thaum muaj 24 xyoos, Brom tau ntiav Jeff Easley los koom TSR Corporation hauv 1989 puv sijhawm. Nws tau tsim tag nrho cov tuam txhab phau ntawv series thiab kev ua si, suav nrog Dark Sun. Nws kuj tau kos rau cov kev ua si "Magic" thiab Kingdom Come. Ua ke nrog nws tus mlom Frank Frazetta, Gerald Brom tsim qhov kev ua si Warlords.
ua haujlwm ywj pheej
Xyoo 1993, tom qab plaub xyoos ua haujlwm rau TSR Corporation, Brom tau los ua haujlwm ywj pheej dua. Nws tseem tshwj xeeb hauv kev tsim cov yeeb yaj kiab ua si, daim npav ua si thiab comics. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, Gerald Brom pib tsim cov npog thiab cov duab kos rau cov phau ntawv thiab comics, suav nrog DC comics. Nws txoj haujlwm tau ua kom zoo nkauj ntawm cov phau ntawv los ntawm Michael Moorcock, Terry Brooks, Edgar Burroughs thiab Anne McCaffrey.
Deadlands los ntawm tus sau Shane Lacey Hensley tau cuam tshuam los ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm Brom, uas tau tsim cov duab kos rau kev tso tawm. Nws yog ib tug tswv yim artist rau Heretic games. Nws yog tus tsim, tus thawj coj kos duab thiab kos duab ntawm Dark Age card game series. Nws kuj tau los ua tus kws kos duab rau ntau zaj yeeb yaj kiab (Sleepy Hollow, Ghosts of Mars, Van Helsing), comics studios thiab cov tuam txhab ua si nto moo.
Rov qab mus rau TSR thiab kev ua haujlwm tom ntej
Hauv xyoo 1998, Gerald rov qab mus rau TSR qhov chaw nws ua haujlwm ntawm kev ua si, suav nrog Dungeons & Dragons series thiab nthuav dav, thiab phau ntawv npog. Nws tsim tag nrho "Spider Queen Wars" thiab "Avatar" series hauv Dungeons & Dragons ntug.
Gerald Brom tam sim no muaj nws tus kheej lub vev xaib uas nws muag nws cov duab kos duab thiab phau ntawv. Hauv qhov chaw, nws piav qhia luv luv txog nws txoj haujlwm thiab cov ntawv sau txog keeb kwm.
Books los ntawm Gerald Brom
Brom yog tus sau. Nws pib sau ntawv kom coj nws lub siab tawm ntawm kev kos duab thaum nws ob lub qhov muag thiab ob txhais tes nkees. Sij hawm dhau mus, qhov no tau loj hlob mus rau ib yam dab tsi ntau dua li kev hloov pauv ntawm kev ua haujlwm.
Brom thawj zaug lees paub tias yog tus kws sau ntawv tom qab luam tawm phau ntawv "Pluker" hauv xyoo 2005. Nws tau los ua tus sau thawj txoj haujlwm. Qhov no yog ib qho me me (160 nplooj ntawv) tshiab, nws muaj 22 tshooj thiab 3 ntu. Phau ntawv muaj ntau tshaj li ib puas daim duab uas tsim los ntawm nws. Phau ntawv qhia txog ib qho khoom ua si hu ua Jack, uas tau daig hauv lub ntiaj teb kev npau suav tsaus ntuj hauv qab txaj nrog rau cov khoom ua si ntxiv rau lub sijhawm thaum tus dab phem Plükerkhiav tawm mus rau hauv tib neeg ntiaj teb. Jack yuav tsum tiv thaiv nws tus tswv, tus tub Thomas, uas tsis tau ua si nrog Jack ntev.
"Plucker" tau hloov mus rau hauv kev ua yeeb yam thiab tsim ua yeeb yam hauv University of Hawaii thiab Rowlette High School. Nws kuj tau npaj los tso tawm cov yeeb yaj kiab tshwj xeeb, uas yuav tsum yog lub hnub qub ua yeeb yam Channing Tatum, tab sis xyoo 2008 vim tsis muaj nyiaj, qhov project tau khov. Hnub tso tawm tau tshaj tawm rau xyoo 2010.
Nws txoj haujlwm ua tau zoo tshaj plaws yog Gerald Brom's Dark Fantasies, ib phau ntawv peb ntu: Tus Menyuam Snatcher, Krampus, Tus Tswv ntawm Yule thiab Lost Gods. Lub trilogy tsis txuas nrog cov phiaj xwm, tab sis muaj qhov zoo sib xws uas coj cov phau ntawv ua ke:
- Gerald Brom's "The Kidnapper" qhia zaj dab neeg ntawm ib tug tub hluas uas xav ua phem rau, Nick los ntawm Brooklyn, uas muaj ib hnub ntsib ib tug txiv neej tsis meej pem hu ua Peter, uas cawm nws dim ntawm teeb meem thiab cog lus tias yuav coj nws mus rau qhov chaw, raws li rau Petus, yog lub vaj kaj siab tiag tiag rau cov menyuam yaus. Zaj dab neeg no me ntsis nco txog cov dab neeg ntawm Peter Pan, tab sis tib lub sijhawm tseem nyob qub.
- Phau ntawv "Krampus, Tus Tswv ntawm Yule" qhia zaj dab neeg ntawm bard Jess los ntawm West Virginia, uas tau ntsib thawj Santa Claus ncig los ntawm dab ntxwg nyoog, thiab tom qab ntawd yog dab ntxwg nyoog hu ua Krampus. Zaj dab neeg no yog ib zaj dab neeg qub thiab txawv txawv txog keeb kwm thiab xwm txheej ntawm Santa Claus thiab kev sib tham txog ciam teb ntawm qhov zoo thiab qhov phem thiab qhov chaw ntawm tib neeg hauv ntiaj teb.
- The Lost Gods los ntawm Gerald Brom yog qhov kawg ntawm trilogy sau rau xyoo 2016. Phau ntawv qhia txog qhov nyuam qhuav tso tawm hauv tsev loj cuj Chad thiab nws tsev neeg, uas, los ntawm kev tsis muaj hmoo, tau raug cuam tshuam nrog lub ntiaj teb infernal. Chad yuav tau dhau los ntawm ntau qhov kev sim siab thiab txaus ntshai txhawm rau cawm nws tus kheej thiab nws tsev neeg los ntawm kev txom nyem thiab kev tsim txom nyob mus ib txhis.
Txhua ntu tom ntej ntawm trilogy yog tsaus dua li yav dhau los. Kev xav ntawm kev ntxhov siab, kev phom sij, kev tsaus ntuj thiab muaj kev txaus ntshai infernal rog loj hlob nrog txhua feem ntawm "Dark Fantasy" series. Gerald Brom tsim cov npog thiab tag nrho cov duab kos rau nws cov phau ntawv los ntawm nws tus kheej.
Brom's phau ntawv:
- "Brom's Me Dub Phau Ntawv".
- "Kev".
- "Darkwerk: Art of Brom", 2000.
- "Plüker", 2005.
- "Metamorphoses" (2007).
- "Devil's Rose" (2007).
- "Child Abductor" (2009).
- "Krampus, Tswv ntawm Yule" (2012).
- "The Art of Brom" (2013).
- "The Lost Gods" (2016).
Kev tshuaj xyuas los ntawm cov neeg nyeem
Raws li cov neeg nyeem, nws cov phau ntawv tsim nyog tau qhab nia siab. Lawv muaj zaj dab neeg ntxim nyiam, zaj dab neeg ntxim nyiam thiab, tau kawg, cov duab piav qhia zoo heev.
Qee tus txawm xav tias Brom cov duab kos cuam tshuam cov cim thiab zaj dab neeg.
Cov huab cua hauv Brom cov phau ntawv, raws li cov neeg nyeem, echoes cuaclassic horrors ntawm yav tas los, xws li Faust los yog The Master thiab Margarita.
Filmography
Nyob rau thaum xaus ntawm lub nineties thiab thaum ntxov 2000s, Gerald Brom ua hauj lwm raws li ib tug tswv yim artist nyob rau hauv cov zaj duab xis kev lag luam rau ntau xyoo. Nws koom nrog kev txhim kho ntawm xya qhov haujlwm:
- "Galaxy Quest" los ntawm Dean Parisot, 1999.
- "Sleepy Hollow" los ntawm Tim Burton (daim ntawv tshaj tawm), 1999.
- "Txuag thiab Txuag" los ntawm Chuck Russell (2000).
- "Ghosts of Mars" Sandy King (2001).
- "Lub Sijhawm Tshuab" (2002).
- Charles Roven's "Scooby-Doo" (2002).
- "Van Helsing" los ntawm Stephen Sommers (2004).
Lub neej ntiag tug
Gerald Brom tam sim no nyob hauv Seattle nrog nws tus poj niam thiab ob tug menyuam.
Gerald kuj muaj ib tug tij laug.
Hauv xyoo 2013, Gerald Brom tau tso tawm ib phau ntawv kos duab nrog ntau dua 200 cov duab kos. Ib tsab ntawv muaj yeeb yuj thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau kev paub txog kev ua haujlwm ntawm tus sau. Yog tsis muaj kev kawm tshwj xeeb, tus kws kos duab tau ua tiav hauv kev ua yeeb yam, kev lag luam yeeb yaj kiab thiab txawm nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv. Nws cov phau ntawv tseem raug luam tawm, lawv tau txais cov qhab nia siab los ntawm cov neeg thuam thiab cov neeg nyeem, lawv tau ua tiav los ntawm tus sau cov duab. Tshaj li 30 xyoo ntawm kev ua haujlwm, Gerald Brom tau dhau los ua lub cim tseem ceeb hauv cov kab lis kev cai niaj hnub gothic fantasy.
