Latest Comic Guest Announcement - JEFF JOHNSON

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Latest Comic Guest Announcement - Jeff Johnson

 

Appearing: Sat/Sun

 

ALTHOUGH these days he spends much of his time working in animation, Jeff Johnson began his artistic career in 1991 by pencilling a 10-page contribution to issue #10 of Stalkers for Marvel's creator-owned Epic imprint. His next assignment made him an instant hit with fans.

 

Hired to launch Wonder Man for the House of Ideas itself, he illustrated 20 of the 1991 series' first 25 issues by which time he had become involved with cartoons with his initial credits coming on 1992's Ferngully: The Last Rainforest and Tom and Jerry: The Movie​​. From Wonder Woman, Johnson migrated to Malibu Comics, where he illustrated six of the first seven issues of 1993's Solitaire while also expanding his animation CV with work on such films as Thumbelina and Asterix conquers America. Post Solitaire until 1999, the artist's comics work was primarily limited to covers, pin-ups and the occasional fill-in although he did pencil a trio of three-parters during that period: 1994's The Legend of Supreme for Extreme Studios (artist Rob Liefeld's Image imprint), DC's Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare two years later and Fantastic Four: Fireworks for Marvel in 1999.

 

Although his animation work was increasing (he was involved in Hercules and Tarzan among others), in 2000 Johnson drew 11 issues of Detective Comics following which he joined CrossGen to launch The Way of the Rat, drawing 15 of the 2002 title's first 18 issues. Since then, with animation demanding an increasing amount of his time, the artist's comic work has again been limited to covers, pin-ups and the occasional fill-in although he did provide spot and full-page illustrations for the seven issues of IDW Publishing Scriptbooks: Angel in 2006.

 

In recent years Johnson's screen credits have included such comics-related projects as Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and All-Star Superman. He has also worked on Curious George, Transformers Prime and The Simpsons among others.