Brian Clevinger
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Brian Clevinger is the author of the webcomic 8-Bit Theater and the novel Nuklear Age. He is currently writing his second novel, a sequel to Nuklear Age known as Atomik Age, as well as purusing other writing projects. He is known primarily as a humorist, who tends to write jokes with long-reaching setups, many "call backs" or running gags, and delights in playing jokes on the audience itself with fake news posts.
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Basic Information
Brian Clevinger was born on May 7th 1978. He currently resides in Orlando, Florida, and lives with his girlfriend and their two cats. He attended college at the University of Florida for a number of years where he sought an English Major to further his goal of becoming a professional writer. Due to what he refers to as "administrative incompetence of epic proportions," he was forced into the Philosophy program against his will. He eventually left the university when his writing career began to take off just a semester before he would have earned his degree. He is regularly invited to speak at video game, electronics, and webcomics conventions.
Webcomics
Clevinger's webcomic is 8-Bit Theater, hosted on his site Nuklear Power. The comic tells the story of four would-be fantasy heroes who set out to save the world from the embodiment of Chaos, but trip over their own stupidity (and for some, innate evil nature) in the process. The comic is done using 8-bit quality graphic sprites taken primarily from the Final Fantasy game or created by either Clevinger himself, or by Kevin Sigmund. For more information on the webcomic, see the relevant article.
He has also created two mini-comics: Dynasty Memory was created in 2002 as a parody of the Dynasty Warriors series; Field of Battle was created in August 2005 as a parody of FPS games in general, Battlefield 2 in particular.
On Wednesday September 21st, 2005, Clevinger attempted a hostile takover of Ctrl+Alt+Del, but this was later revealed to be yet another of his amusing fake news posts, albeit on a different site and scale than usual. The result was a brief outpouring of 'assistance' for Tim Buckley, the author of the 'seized' webcomic. This aid kept coming even as the news posts became more and more outrageous, until it became clear it was a hoax. Though Tim Buckley officially called it off, no cease fire has to date come from Brian.
Other information
Clevinger's primary claim to fame is 8-Bit Theater. He also wrote a book, Nuklear Age, and is currently writing its sequel. 8-Bit Theater reportedly takes up most of his time. According to Clevinger, he is supported primarily through income from Nuklear Power's advertising revenue, merchandising, and sales of Nuklear Age.
Humor
Clevinger has stated that "[his] favorite comics are the ones where the jokes are on the reader." ([1]) Perhaps as a result, he is known for his anticlimactic moments. For instance, the Light Warriors accidentally killed the Dark Elf Astos via a heartbreakingly awful taunt rather than a conventional epic battle.