Jimmy Janes

Jimmy Janes
BornJimmy Janes
(1947-07-17)July 17, 1947
New York City, United States
DiedSeptember 1, 2020(2020-09-01) (aged 73)
AreaPenciller, Inker
Notable works
Legion of Super-Heroes

Jimmy Janes (July 17, 1947 – September 1, 2020) was an American comics artist and storyboard artist best known for his work on DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes series.

Early life

Jimmy Janes was born July 17, 1947 on Staten Island, New York and graduated from the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan.

Career

His first published work in the comics industry appeared in Greaser Comics #2 (1972), an underground comix written by George DiCaprio and published by Rip Off Press. He then drew stories for Charlton Comics, Marvel Comics, and Warren Publishing over the course of the next several years. Janes began working for DC Comics in 1980 when he became the penciller of the Legion of Super-Heroes as of #263 (May 1980). He drew 15 issues of that series, including "The Exaggerated Death of Ultra Boy" storyline which was written by Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, and Paul Levitz as well as the Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes limited series (January–March 1981) written by E. Nelson Bridwell and Paul Kupperberg.

At Marvel Comics, he pencilled Marvel Team-Up #95 (July 1980) which featured Spider-Man meeting Mockingbird, the new superheroic identity of Bobbi Morse. Janes was one of several artists to draw the comics adaptation of Xanadu in Marvel Super Special #17 (Summer 1980). After concluding his run on the Legion of Super-Heroes with issue #282 (December 1981), Janes drew a back-up story for Moon Knight #16 (February 1982) and then moved into the animation profession.

In 1988, Janes was a character designer and storyboard artist on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated television series. He later worked on other animated series such as Batman: The Animated Series, Exosquad, Extreme Ghostbusters, The Incredible Hulk, The Karate Kid, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Swamp Thing, and X-Men: The Animated Series.

Janes died on September 1, 2020, at the age of 73.

Bibliography

Charlton Comics

DC Comics

Collected editions

  • Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness Vol. 1 includes Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #263–267, 269–271 and Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1–3, 340 pages, February 2021 ISBN 9781779507594
  • Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness Vol. 2 includes Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #273, 275, 277–280, and 282, 360 pages, February 2022 ISBN 9781779510778

Heroic Publishing

Marvel Comics

Renegade Press

Rip Off Press

Warren Publishing

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ford, Jim (August 2022). "In Memoriam Jim Janes". Back Issue! (137). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 8.
  2. ↑ Barr, Mike W. (April 1981). "DC Profile #70 - Jimmy Janes". World's Finest Comics (268). DC Comics.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Jim Janes". www.lambiek.net. April 12, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 Jimmy Janes at the Grand Comics Database
  5. 1 2 Dominguez, Noah (September 4, 2020). "Jim Janes, DC Comics Artist and TMNT Cartoon Storyboarder, Passes Away". cbr.com. Comic book artist and cartoon storyboarder Jim Janes -- known for his work on such comics as Legion of Super-Heroes and shows as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- has passed away.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. This was DC's third foray into the world of the world of the miniseries...Plotted by E. Nelson Bridwell, with a script by Paul Kupperberg, Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes featured the art of Jim Janes.
  7. ↑ Ford, Jim (August 2022). "The Secrets Behind the Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes". Back Issue! (137). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 3–8.
  8. ↑ Eury, Michael (2022). "Chapter 3: Marvel Team-Up". The Team-Up Companion. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-1605491127.
  9. ↑ Friedt, Stephan (July 2016). "Marvel at the Movies - The House of Ideas' Hollywood Adaptations of the 1970s and 1980s". Back Issue! (89). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 64. The interior [art] was a group effort with over a dozen people credited with different aspects of the artwork (including layouts by Rich Buckler and Jimmy Janes, and finished pencils by Michael Nasser [Netzer], Brent Anderson, Joe Brozowski, Al Milgrom, and Bill Sienkiewicz).
  10. ↑ Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Janes, Jim". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)