- James Jean
James Jean (born 1979) is a
Taiwan ese-American award winningartist and illustrator living inLos Angeles .He was born in Taiwan but and was raised in
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey . [Seman, Rob [http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news1-comics.htm "He draws on comic book love"] , "Daily Record (Morristown) ",March 30 ,2004 . AccessedAugust 30 ,2007 . "Jean, who grew up in Parsippany on Westminster Drive, was a weekly customer at Funnybooks, on North Beverwyck Road, but never expected his work would one day wind up on store shelves."] He was educated at theSchool of Visual Arts inNew York City . Upon graduating in 2001, he quickly became an acclaimed cover artist forDC Comics , garnering seven Eisner awards, three consecutive Harvey awards, two gold medals and a silver from the Society of Illustrators of LA, and a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators of NY. He has also contributed to many national and international publications. His clients include "Time Magazine ", "The New York Times ", "Rolling Stone ", "Spin",ESPN ,Atlantic Records , Target, "Playboy ",Knopf ,Prada among others. He has also illustrated every cover of theVertigo Comics series "Fables", for which he has won fourEisner Award s for "Best Cover Artist".Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Fables | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 72-81 | publisher =Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]Works
Interviews
References
External links
* [http://www.jamesjean.com/ James Jean Website]
* [http://www.processrecess.com/ James Jean Blog]
* [http://www.politewinter.com/ James Jean Collaborative Project]
* [http://www.comicfoundry.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=185/ James Jean: Drawing Outside the Box]
* [http://www.jjeanius.net/ James Jeanius] : Mr. Jean's original drawings and sketches.
* [http://www.lostateminor.com/2007/05/28/james-jean-revisited/ Short feature on James Jean]
* [http://www.sidebarnation.com/my_weblog/2008/05/the-james-jean.html An Audio Interview with James Jean by SiDEBAR]
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