Pander Brothers (Table U11)

Booth #U11

Portland, Oregon based sibling team, Arnold & Jacob Pander, known as the Pander Brothers, are graphic novelists and filmmakers who write & illustrate original and franchise graphic novels and write produce & direct feature films and brand content. The brothers also create large scale public and private murals. Nominated for the Eisner and Manning awards for groundbreaking artwork in the comics medium, the Pander Brothers broke out onto the indy comics scene with their bold artwork and innovative visual storytelling in Grendel: Devil's Legacy and the two never looked back writing and / or illustratating creator owned graphic novels that have been published by Image, DC/Vertigo, Dark Horse Comics and Oni Press including, GirlFIEND, Dissident X, Exquisite Corpse, and Tasty Bullet and franchise projects, including Batman:City of Light for DC and Nightmask for Marvel. The Panders award-winning debut feature film, “Selfless,” premiered at ComicCon International in San Diego and was pick up for domestic distribution in 2010 by Entertainment One. Among other honors, selections of their collaborative and individual film and video work have been screened at the prestigious London Institute for Contemporary Art, taken top prizes at the New York and Chicago Underground Film Festivals, and toured Europe and Japan. Their award winning music videos have been broadcast on MTV, and domestically released on DVD by Island/Palm Pictures. The brothers have directed live-action and animated commercial spots for adidas Originals, Panasonic, LG and Intel. Fusing moviemaking and graphic novels through digital media, the Panders are employing cross media storytelling to expand the narrative experience on their digital comics imprint, FUSE Comics.Com.