Kelley Jones
| Kelley Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 23, 1962 Sacramento, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
Notable works |
Batman Batman & Dracula: Red Rain The Sandman |
Kelley Jones (born July 23, 1962,[1] in Sacramento, California) is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Batman with writer Doug Moench and on The Sandman with writer Neil Gaiman. He grew up in Citrus Heights.[2]
Career
Kelley Jones entered the comics industry as an inker for Marvel Comics with his first published work appearing in Micronauts #52 (May 1983).[3] He penciled issue #59 (Aug. 1984) and when the series was relaunched as Micronauts: The New Voyages in October 1984, he continued penciling the series through most of its 20 issue run.[4] At DC Comics, Jones redesigned Deadman, making the character look thin and skeletal. Deadman's face, formerly drawn to resemble a normal human's head with pale white skin, now looked like a skull. In 1990 and 1991, he drew several issues of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series[5] with contributions to the "Dream Country" and "Season of Mists" story arcs.[6][7] Jones and inker John Beatty collaborated with writer Doug Moench on a series of Batman tales including Batman: Dark Joker the Wild and the vampire Batman trilogy beginning with Batman & Dracula: Red Rain.[8] Jones drew the covers for many of the chapters of the "Batman: Knightfall" crossover storyline.[9] He became the penciler of Batman with issue #515 (Feb. 1995)[10] and worked on such story arcs as "Contagion".[11] Moench and Jones co-created the Ogre in Batman #535 (Oct. 1996).[12]
He illustrated The Crusades for Vertigo (2000–2001) and the four-issue mini-series Conan: The Book of Thoth for Dark Horse Comics[13] with writers Kurt Busiek and Len Wein in 2006. Since 1997, Jones has also produced a number of works as a writer-artist for Dark Horse, including several miniseries and one-shots starring his creation The Hammer (1997–1999): the one-shot ZombieWorld: Eat Your Heart Out (1998) and the four-issue miniseries The 13th Son (2005–2006). In 2008, Jones returned to Batman, this time in a twelve-issue series titled Batman: Gotham After Midnight, written by Steve Niles. In 2009, he illustrated the Batman: The Unseen five-issue series, re-teaming with Moench.[3] In 2014, he provided artwork for "The Pale Man", part of "Batman: Endgame" focusing on a group of serial killers and an Arkham nurse who are forced into telling "a story" by the Joker.
Bibliography
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
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Marvel Comics
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References
- ↑ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010.
- ↑ The Secret Origin of KELLEY JONES | 13th Dimension, Comics, Creators, Culture Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- 1 2 Kelley Jones at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Lantz, James Heath (October 2014). "Inner-Space Opera: A Look at Marvel's Micronauts Comics". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (76): 52–53.
- ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
The Sandman saw a variety of artists grace its pages. Sam Kieth drew the first few issues, followed by Mike Dringenberg, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, and Shawn McManus, among others.
- ↑ Bender, Hy (1999). The Sandman Companion. New York, New York: DC Comics. pp. 265–266. ISBN 978-1563894657.
- ↑ Burgas, Greg (January 7, 2013). "Comics You Should Own – Sandman". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014.
- ↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 251: "Written by Batman alumnus Doug Moench, and illustrated with the shadowy pencils of Kelley Jones, Red Rain chronicled the clash between Batman and the legendary Dracula."
- ↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 259: "With most of its issues featuring eye-catching covers by relatively new Batman artist Kelley Jones...'Knightfall' was instantly recognizable as a major event in the life of Bruce Wayne."
- ↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 269
- ↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 272
- ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "1990s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 224. ISBN 978-1465424563.
Writer Doug Moench and artist Kelley Jones introduced a pair of new villains into Batman's world with the Ogre and the Ape.
- ↑ "Kelley Jones". Lambiek Comiclopedia. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012.
External links
- Kelley Jones at the Comic Book DB
- Kelley Jones at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Kelley Jones at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
| Preceded by Mike Dringenberg |
The Sandman artist 1991 |
Succeeded by Mike Dringenberg |
| Preceded by Ron Wagner |
Batman artist 1995–1998 |
Succeeded by Klaus Janson |