In addition to the autobiographical graphic novel A Matter of Life coming out form Top Shelf this summer, Brown's going back to George Lucas' galaxy for Jedi Academy, a faux journal of a student in a middle school set in the Star wars Universe arriving in September from Scholastic. When he was a kid, Jeffrey always dreamed of growing up to draw comics and make books for a living - and now he’s living that dream Jeffrey has written a number of autobiographical books. "Even if you go back all the way to Princess Leia's bun haircut from the original Star Wars, it seems like something the female audience has always identified with in a weird way." Jeffrey Brown is the best selling author and illustrator of the middle grade Jedi Academy series as well as the Darth Vader and Son series. "Comic books have been dominated by a patriarchal control over the years with superhero comics, but even that's changed a lot over the last two years. "My experience with the more science-fiction or fantasy side of pop culture is it's a community that's very welcoming to girls," he says. Leia and The Clone Wars' Ahsoka Tano are favorites among the smaller female crowd, and R2-D2, who's not really either sex, is one that appeals to both boys and girls. Brown's found the Star Wars faithful to be very open and friendly toward women, especially little girls whose interest is sparked by the world and its characters.
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