Portland, Oregon based sibling team, Arnold & Jacob Pander are graphic novelists and filmmakers who write & direct feature films and write & illustrate original and franchise graphic novels and create visual artwork and public murals.
Nominated for the Eisner and Manning awards for groundbreaking artwork in the comics medium, the Pander Brothers' distinctive visual style and unique collaborations with some of the industries’ top writers has solidified them as a major creative force in the graphic novel medium. The Pander Brothers' creator owned graphic novels have been published by Image, DC/Vertigo, Dark Horse Comics and Oni Press and their franchise projects for Marvel and DC Comics, including Batman and Nightmask.
Their award-winning debut feature film, “Selfless,” premiered at ComicCon International in San Diego and was pick up for domestic distribution in 2010 by Entertainment One. Among other honors, selections of their collaborative and individual film and video work have been screened at the prestigious London Institute for Contemporary Art, taken top prizes at the New York and Chicago Underground Film Festivals, and toured Europe and Japan. Their award winning music videos have been broadcast on MTV, and domestically released on DVD by Island/Palm Pictures. The brothers have directed commercial spots for adidas Originals, Panasonic and LG.
The brothers’ public artworks include the Tri Met Arts and Culture Bus (In collaboration with father Henk Pander), murals at Radio Room, Rialto Poolroom, VoiceBox Karaoke, Masu Sushi Restaurant & Hale’ Pele’ Tiki Bar in Portland, Oregon, and for the Standard Hotel lobby in Hollywood CA. The Panders' most recent large scale mural was completed in 2021 for the Mac Club in Portland, Ore.
Fusing moviemaking and graphic novels through digital media, the Panders are employing cross media storytelling to expand the narrative experience on their digital comics imprint, FUSE Comics.Com, including the projects, "Secret Broadcast" and "Tasty Bullet". Their newest original graphic novels, "GirlFIEND", and 2019 release “Dissident X”, are out now from Dark Horse Comics.
