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The Etherington Brothers
BornUnited Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer
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Robin and Lorenzo Etherington are British comic, book and film creators who collaborate as The Etherington Brothers.[1] They are the creators of the world's most successful art books of all time on Kickstarter, and the UK's most successful books of any kind in the history of Kickstarter, the How to Think When You Draw series, published from 2018 onwards.

As of April 2023, the books have raised over 5 million dollars on Kickstarter, and have been translated into eight languages. They have broken the record for the most funded art book of all time on Kickstarter for three consecutive years; in 2019, 2020 and 2021, and the record for the most successful comics project of 2022.

They created the free online series of tutorials How to Think When You Draw (January 2017 onwards) and How to Think When You Write (January 2018 onwards). Their early works include Monkey Nuts, published as a collected edition by Random House in 2010,[2][3] the "Baggage" graphic novel, also for Random House in 2011,[4] and "Yore!" in The Dandy (2011).[5] They created 5 book-length Long Gone Don adventures and eight book-length Von Doogan puzzle adventures for The Phoenix between 2012–2019. Their clients include studios such as Disney, DreamWorks, Aardman, and the BBC. They have worked on properties such as Star Wars, Transformers, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon.[6]

References

  1. ^ Robin Etherington's bio on Amazon.co.uk
  2. ^ Monkey Nuts! Daft monkeys, robot vending machines and lots of fun, Forbidden Planet International, 15 September 2010
  3. ^ Emily Pacey, Comic Cuts, Design Week, 10 September 2010]
  4. ^ Briggs, Jeremy (18 October 2011). "In Review: Baggage". downthetubes.net. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. ^ John Freeman, Etherington Brothers join The Dandy - with dragons, Down the Tubes, 15 December 2010
  6. ^ "The Etherington Brothers". theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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