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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 December 2024. American slave, later abolitionist speaker and showman Henry Box Brown The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849) Born Henry Brown c. 1815 Louisa County, Virginia, US Died (1897-06-15) June 15, 1897 (aged 81–82) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Burial place Toronto Necropolis, Ontario, Canada ...
Brian "Box" Brown (born 1980) is an American cartoonist whose first work was the online comic Bellen! [1] He was awarded in 2011 a Xeric Grant for the comic Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing . [ 2 ]
He was known thereafter as Henry "Box" Brown. [1] [2] Among his many human-mail stunts in the 1890s, [3] Austrian tailor Herman Zeitung mailed himself in a box from New York to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, arriving on July 28, 1893. [4] Four days earlier, another Austrian, Ignatz Lefkovitz, did the same. [5]
Lecil Travis Martin (September 1, 1931 – April 12, 1999), whose stage name was Boxcar Willie, was an American country music singer-songwriter, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with overalls, and a floppy hat. [2] "
Tetris: The Games People Play is a 2016 graphic novel by Box Brown about the history of the video game Tetris. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was selected for the "Best 2016 Graphic Novels" panel at BookExpo America 2016.
Legalization Nation is a syndicated American "documentary comic strip" by Box Brown about the legalization of cannabis. [1] [2] It was picked up for syndication by King Features Syndicate in 2022. [3]
The Brown Box was ultimately patented on April 17, 1973, given U.S. Patent No. 3728480, and became jointly owned by Ralph Baer and BAE Systems. Baer began seeking a buyer for the system, turning to various television manufacturers many whom showed little interest in the unit. [ 17 ]
Philadelphia cartoonist Box Brown examines marijuana — where it came from, its life in the US, and, importantly, the breathless national campaign to demonize a certain segment of its users. "Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America by Box Brown", Kirkus Reviews (book review), February 2019; Hans Rollmann (June 17, 2019).