Jim Lee
Jim Lee
Jim Leeis a Korean American comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. He entered the industry in 1987 as an artist for Marvel Comics, illustrating titles such as Alpha Flight and The Punisher War Journal, before gaining popularity on The Uncanny X-Men. X-Men No. 1, the 1991 spin-off series premiere that Lee penciled and co-wrote with Chris Claremont, remains the best-selling comic book of all time, according to Guinness World Records...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth11 August 1964
foil history lantern mixing scenes
When you have a Green Lantern mixing with a foil like Batman, you get scenes that are comic-book history. There's the epicness of it all.
apt bunch easier home lay singles
When you try to do something bigger and more grandiose, a lot of times it's more apt to fall apart. It's a lot easier to lay down a bunch of singles than it is to get a home run.
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We're made out to be the bad guys, but we're not, we're not at all.
expertise extremely financial tough
Tom's financial expertise was extremely important in our business. He got us through some tough times and I selfishly wanted him to come back to us.
felt
When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed.
both future history publishing
'Watchmen' is a cornerstone of both DC Comics' publishing history and its future.
artist design important
As an artist, as I design and lay out a page, the less-important things, things I want you to spend less time looking at, I draw them very small, maybe even silhouette them. The more-important pivotal scenes, I draw them larger, maybe even a double-page spread.
girlfriend adventure years
Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on Supermans Girlfriend, Lois Lane, Adventure Comics and pretty much any title in the Superman family will be fondly remembered for years to come. He will be missed.
unique special triangles
There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Superman and Lois Lane.
epic long design
I have a tendency to do the epic kind of long shot and put in everything that you need to know. And that's by design; that's the kind of approach I take to it.
games play people
Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games.
creating creative happy-accidents
Creating and producing creative work, to me, those are all happy accidents.
marketing fans want
No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show.
real artist looks
One of the most difficult things for any artist to do is create a world that looks both completely alien yet real and possible.