- Jim Mahfood
Jim Mahfood (born
March 29 1975 ), a.k.a. Food One, is an Americancomic book creator , born and raised inSt. Louis, Missouri . Apart from his creator-owned comic book series "Grrl Scouts" and hiscomic strip "Stupid Comics" (which appears weekly in the "Phoenix New Times ") he also did work forMarvel Comics on variousSpider-Man titles, including "Ultimate Marvel Team-Up " and "Spectacular Spider-Man ".His big break came whenOni Press hired him to illustrate two comic books based on Kevin Smith's movie "Clerks" from scripts by Smith, following his work onMarvel Comics "Generation X Underground Special", billed as 'the most subversive comic book ever released by Marvel.'Biography
At the age of 18 he attended the
Kansas City Art Institute , where he met Mike Huddleston and formed 40 Oz Comics.He graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in 1997 and went on to produce many comics with his own unique style, heavily influenced by
graffiti and underground hip hop culture. He frequently features his characters wearing t-shirts promoting local or underground hip hop, funk, jazz or punk bands. Mahfood himself is heavily involved in his local music scene, often doing live mural art during hip hop and DJ events.He currently resides in
Los Angeles ,California and has since 2002.An interesting note, he is drawn as a cameo appearance in Phil Hester and Mike Huddleston's series "Deep Sleeper," where he appears drawing on stage during a dance party in the spirit world.
In 2008, Mahfood was commissioned to supply all of the the art and ads for the that years
Colt 45 (malt liquor) ad campaign [ [http://thetalesofcolt45.com/ Colt 45 promotional website] ] .elected independent works
*"Clerks, the comic book" (written by Kevin Smith)
*"Clerks Holiday Special" (written by Kevin Smith)
*"Grrl Scouts"
*"Grrl Scouts: Work Sucks"
*"40 Oz Collected"
*"Classic 40 oz: Tales from the brown bag"
*"Bad Ideas" (collaboration with Wayne Chinsang and Dave Crosland)
*"Putting the Backbone Back"
*"Felt: True tales of underground hip hop"
*"The Further Adventures of One Page Filler Man"Notes and References
External links
* [http://www.40ozcomics.com Official website]
* [http://www.mothcomix.com/ MothComiX: The Official WebSite For Original Art by Jim Mahfood]
* [http://comicbookbin.com/uniquestupidflava001.html/ Interview with Jim Mahfood]
* [http://marvel.com/catalog/?artist=Jim%20Mahfood Jim Mahfood on marvel.com]
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