Jon J. Muth

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Jon J Muth (July 28, 1960) is an American comic artist. His works include J. M. DeMatteis' graphic novel "Moonshadow", Neil Gaiman's ' (along with Michael Zulli, Charles Vess), Mike Cary's ' and "". Muth has gone on to an award-winning career as a children's book writer and illustrator. He received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for his illustrations in "Come On, Rain!" by Karen Hesse.

He has also created a version of the Stone soup fable set in China..

Bibliography

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publisher = Scholastic Press
pub_date = March 1, 2005
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followed_by = Muth has authored and illustrated a number of books for a variety of publishing houses. Due to new editions, publishing dates may not be completely accurate.

Art Collections

* "Vanitas" (1991) published by Tundra Publishing
* "Pictures Places Stone" (1993) published by Allen Spiegel Fine Arts
* "Koan" (with Kent Williams 2001) published by Allen Spiegel Fine Arts

Children's Books Authored and illustrated

* "The Three Questions" (2002) published by Scholastic Press
* "Stone Soup" (2003) published by Scholastic Press
* "Zen Shorts" (2005) published by Scholastic Press
* "Zen Ties" (2008) published by Scholastic Press

Children's Books Illustrated

* "Come On, Rain" (with author Karen Hesse 1999) published by Scholastic Press
* "Gershon's Monster" (with author Eric A. Kimmel 2000) published by Scholastic Press
* "Putnam and Pennyroyal" (with author Patrick Jennings 2000) published by Scholastic Press
* "Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book" (with author Remy Charlip 2000) published by Tricycle Press
* "Our Gracie Aunt" (with author Jacqueline Woodson 2002) published by Jump At The Sun
* "Old Turtle and the Broken Truth" (with author Douglas Wood 2003) published by Scholastic Press
* "No Dogs Allowed!" (with author Sonia Manzano 2004) published by Atheneum
* "A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children" (with author Caroline Kennedy 2005) published by Hyperion Books
* "I Will Hold You 'till You Sleep" (with author Linda Zuckerman 2006) published by Scholastic Press
* "Mr. George Baker" (with author Amy Hest 2007) published by Walker Books

Comic/Graphic Novel

* "Dracula: A Symphony In Moonlight" (Graphic Novel, 1993) published by Marvel Comics; ISBN 0871351714
* "Global Frequency: Planet Ablaze" (contributed the story "Big Skys" with author Warren Ellis, TPB, 2004) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1401202748
* "Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown" (with authors Walt Simonson, Louise Simonson and artist Kent Williams,TPB collects "Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown" #1-4, 1990) published by Marvel Comics; ISBN 0871357003
* "Lucifer: Evensong" (contributed the story "Nirvana" with author Mike Carey, TPB, 2007) published by DC Comics; ISBN 140121200X
* "M" (based on the screenplay by Fritz Lang, TPB collects "M" #1-4, 1998) published by Abrams; ISBN 0810995220
* "Swamp Thing: Roots" (Graphic Novel, 1998) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1563893773
* "The Complete Moonshadow" (with author J. M. DeMatteis,TPB collects "Moonshadow" #1-12, 1998) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1563893436
* "The Mystery Play" (with author Grant Morrison. Graphic Novel, 1995) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1563891891
* "The Mythology of an Abandoned City" (Graphic Novel, 1994) published by Tundra Publishing; ISBN 1879450569
* "The Sandman: The Wake" (contributed the story "Exiles" with author Neil Gaiman, TPB, 1997) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1563892790

Notes and References

[http://www.asfa.biz/muth.html Jon J Muth at Allen Spiegel Fine Arts]
[http://www.comics.org/search.lasso?query=muth&type=credit&sort=alpha&Submit=Search Jon J Muth at The Grand Comics Database]
[http://www.dccomics.com/search/?q=jon+muth&x=0&y=0 Jon J Muth at DC Comics]
[http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/popup.asp?id=72&type=illustratortitles Jon J Muth at Hyperion]
[http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/search?query=jon+j+muth&x=0&y=0 Jon J Muth at Scholastic]
[http://books.google.ca/books?id=ljtbB89oErsC&pg=PT5&lpg=PT5&dq=Remy+Charlip+Jon+J+Muth&source=web&ots=W6gptb9fIw&sig=q38lnjLXytMeD49PjmeC_W3S5mI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book on Google Books ]

External links

* [http://www.jonjmuth.com/ http://www.jonjmuth.com/]
* profile: [http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3736 Jon J Muth] at [http://www.scholastic.com www.scholastic.com]
* interview: [http://www.bookpage.com/0305bp/jon_muth.html Something old, something new: Jon J. Muth's magical role as storyteller] at [http://www.bookpage.com/ www.bookpage.com]
* interview: [http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/muthjonj Jon J Muth] at [http://www.indiebound.org www.indiebound.org]
* interview: [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6526776.html?nid=2788 Children's Bookshelf Talks with Jon J Muth] at [http://www.publishersweekly.com/ www.publishersweekly.com]