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Howard Chandler Christy
Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952), American illustrator and portrait painter from Morgan County, Ohio, creator of the 'Christy Girl,' Spanish-American War correspondent-artist, WWI poster artist, and painter of The Signing of the Constitution in the U.S. Capitol.
Howard Pyle
Howard Pyle (1853–1911) was an American illustrator, author, and teacher, called the Father of American Illustration, best known for The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1883).
Huey, Dewey, and Louie
Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Donald Duck's triplet nephews, created from Al Taliaferro's idea, debuting in print on October 17, 1937 and in the 1938 short Donald's Nephews; later Junior Woodchucks and DuckTales stars.
Hugo Strange
Hugo Strange, also Professor or Dr. Hugo Strange, is a DC Comics Batman supervillain created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, debuting in Detective Comics #36 (February 1940) before the Joker. Known for the Monster Men, deducing Batman's identity, and Arkham City.
Ikaris
Ikaris, also called Ikarus, is a Marvel Comics Eternal created by Jack Kirby in The Eternals #1 (1976). He flies and fires eye beams, is among the most powerful Eternals, and was played by Richard Madden as the 2021 film's tragic antagonist.
Illustrating Middle-earth
Illustrating Middle-earth: the art tradition depicting Tolkien's world, from the author's own 1937 Hobbit pictures and Pauline Baynes to Alan Lee, John Howe, Ted Nasmith, calendars, card games, and Jackson's films.
Illustration
Illustration is the art of creating pictures that explain, interpret, or visually support an idea or story, typically appearing in books, magazines, posters, and films.
Image Comics
Image Comics, founded in 1992 by seven ex-Marvel artists including McFarlane, Liefeld, and Jim Lee, is the third-largest US comic publisher and the leading creator-owned house, taking no IP or media rights from creators. Notable for Spawn, The Walking Dead, and Saga.
Invincible (character)
Invincible is the superhero alias of Mark Grayson, a half-Viltrumite son of Omni-Man in Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker's Image Comics series (2003-2018, 144 issues), adapted as the Prime Video animated series starring Steven Yeun since 2021.
Ivan Bilibin
Ivan Bilibin (Иван Яковлевич Билибин; 1876–1942) was a Russian graphic artist, book illustrator, and stage designer, known for illustrations of Russian fairy tales and for Pushkin's Tale of Tsar Saltan.
J. C. Leyendecker
J. C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), German-born American illustrator, painted 322 Saturday Evening Post covers and created the Arrow Collar Man for Cluett Peabody; mentor to Norman Rockwell, partner of model Charles Beach.
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby (Jacob Kurtzberg, 1917-1994), American comic book artist called the King of Comics; co-created Captain America with Joe Simon and, with Stan Lee at Marvel, the Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, X-Men, and Avengers; created DC's Fourth World and Darkseid; known for foreshortening, the squiggle, and the Kirby Krackle.
James O'Barr
James O'Barr, born in Detroit in 1960, is an American comics writer and artist best known for creating The Crow, a gothic graphic novel adapted into a 1994 film.
James Thurber
James Thurber (1894-1961), American humorist and New Yorker cartoonist, author of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"; lost one eye in childhood, went nearly blind, still drew and dictated.
Jan Luyken
Jan Luyken, also spelled Luiken, was a Dutch poet, etcher, and illustrator of the Dutch Golden Age, known for Het Menselyk Bedryf trade pictures and the 1685 Martyrs' Mirror etchings.
Jean Giraud bibliography
Bibliography of Jean Giraud (1938-2012), French comics artist signed Gir or Mœbius: Fort Navajo/Blueberry (from 1965), Arzach, Le Garage hermétique, L'Incal, Métal Hurlant co-founding, and English editions.
Jean Grey
Jean Grey (Marvel Girl, Phoenix) is a Marvel Comics X-Men founding member created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1963, an Omega-level telepath and telekinetic bonded to the Phoenix Force and famous for the Dark Phoenix saga.
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (1803–1847), pseudonym J. J. Grandville, French caricaturist and illustrator from Nancy; famed for Les Métamorphoses du jour (1829), La Fontaine's Fables, Un autre monde (1844), and Surrealist-recognized fantasy.
Jean-Paul Goude
Jean-Paul Goude (born 1940) is a French illustrator, photographer, and director of spectacles. Not to be confused with namesakes; known for Esquire art direction, Grace Jones imagery, and the 1989 Revolution Bicentennial parade in Paris.
Jeff Smith (cartoonist)
Jeff Smith (born 1960) is the American cartoonist behind Bone, self-published via Cartoon Books 1991–2004, later RASL, Tüki Save the Humans, and Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil.
Jeff the Land Shark
Jeff the Land Shark, also known as Jeffrey, is a Marvel Comics character, a small four-legged shark created by Kelly Thompson, first appearing in West Coast Avengers in 2018.
Jessie M. King
Jessie M. King, full name Jessie Marion King, was a Scottish illustrator and designer of the Glasgow Style, known for dreamlike book illustrations and designs for Liberty & Co.
Jim Lee (이용철)
Jim Lee (이용철, born 1964, Seoul) is a Korean-American comic artist and President, Publisher, and CCO of DC Comics (since 2023). Distinct from the Seagate legal officer and the engineering expert of the same name; famous for X-Men #1's record sales, Batman: Hush, WildStorm, and Image Comics.
Jim Starlin
Jim Starlin (born 1949, Detroit) is an American comics writer-artist, creator or co-creator of Thanos, Drax, Gamora, Shang-Chi, and Dreadstar, writer of Marvel's Infinity Gauntlet trilogy and DC's A Death in the Family, and a 2017 Eisner Hall of Fame inductee.
Joaquin Torres (comics)
Joaquin Torres, Marvel's second Falcon, a Mexican-American teen transformed by Karl Malus into a human/falcon hybrid with flight, healing, and a psychic link to Redwing; partner to Sam Wilson's Captain America, distinct from the MCU's Air Force officer played by Danny Ramirez.
Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert (1926–2012), Polish-born American comic book artist, writer, editor, and founder of the Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey; known for Hawkman, Sgt. Rock, Enemy Ace, Tarzan, and Fax from Sarajevo.
Joe Quesada
Joe Quesada, born Joseph Quesada in 1962, is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor who served as Marvel Comics' Editor-in-Chief from 2000 and later Chief Creative Officer.
Joe Ranft
Joe Ranft (Joseph Henry Ranft, 1960-2005) was Pixar's head of story, an Oscar-nominated co-writer of Toy Story, and voice of Heimlich, Wheezy, Jacques, Lenny, and Red; he died in a 2005 Mendocino County car crash and became a Disney Legend in 2006.
Joe Shuster
Joe Shuster (1914-1992), Canadian-born Cleveland cartoonist, co-created and drew Superman and Lois Lane with Jerry Siegel; sold all rights cheaply in 1938, fought DC in court, regained byline and pension in the 1970s.
John Bauer
John Bauer (1882–1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator whose dark forest scenes of trolls and princesses for the annual Bland tomtar och troll shaped Swedish images of folklore.