Brian Chippendale - Comics, Sculpture, Painting, & Other Projects

Comics, Sculpture, Painting, & Other Projects

Aside from music, Chippendale is also a prolific comic-book artist. He's created the album art for all five Lightning Bolt releases and draws a number of other, usually one-shot comics. Chippendale's style has been described as "almost a little too enthusiastic". The same reviewer continues: "The manic detail and cross-hatching on every page, the Winsor McCay level of ambition in creating a beautiful page layout -- it's all a little hard to process."

In 2003 Chippendale played on at least one occasion with Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore at the Middle East (Cambridge, MA) under the name Nuntronix.

In October 2006, Chippendale released his long-awaited Ninja comic book, an art book and comic that incorporates simple action comics he drew as a child with more surreal work drawn as an adult. In 2007 he released Maggots, which was drawn ten years previously but had never been released. Maggots is drawn over a Japanese book catalog, so Japanese characters appear in all the spaces that aren't inked in by his pen. In 2010 another book If 'n Oof is due.

Chippendale participated as drummer 77 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn.

In 2008 Chippendale collaborated on Lee "Scratch" Perry's album "Repentance"

Chippendale performed drums on Björk's 2007 album Volta. He also did a remix for Björk's single "Declare Independence" under the alias Black Pus.

Chippendale, and his graphic work, are featured in the 2009 film Died Young Stayed Pretty about rock poster art.

In June 2010 an exhibit Fruiting Bodies of Chippendale's artwork opened at the Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn. Since May 2011, Chippendale has published a monthly comic in Mothers News, a monthly newspaper published in Providence, RI.