04/24/05 - Eisner Award Nominations Announced

The industry's most prestigious award, the Eisner Awards, have announced their nominations for 2005. Check out some of the nominees below: BEST SERIALIZED STORY Astonishing X-Men #1-6: "Gifted," by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel) Fables #19-27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers," by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC) Planetary #19-20: "Mystery in Space/Rendezvous," by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday (WildStorm/DC) BEST CONTINUING SERIES Astonishing X-Men, by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel) BEST LIMITED SERIES WE3, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo/DC) Wanted, by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones (Top Cow/Image) BEST NEW SERIES Astonishing X-Men, by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel) BEST PENCILLER/INKER OF PENCILLER/INKER TEAM John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Planetary (WildStorm/DC); I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids/DC) Frank Quitely, WE3 (Vertigo/DC) BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST (INTERIOR ART) Teddy Kristiansen, It's a Bird . . . (Vertigo/DC) BEST COVER ARTIST Frank Quitely, Bite Club; WE3 (Vertigo/DC) For the complete list, click here. Source: Comic-Con International

04/24/05 - Ross, Cassaday, Jones and Kaluta to provide covers for new Red Sonja series

Dynamite Entertainment, through their own imprint, will bring Red Sonja back in to print with a new series co-written by Michael Avon Oeming and Mike Carey and illustrated by Mel Rubi. Currently, Dynamite is set to release a $.25 cent #0 issue in April. The creative team of Oeming, Carey and Rubi are joined by Richard Isanove and Ceasar Rodriguez on colors featuring a Greg Land cover. The #0 issue will include a retailer incentive sneak peak at the Alex Ross cover set for the first issue. Issue #1 of Red Sonja will see its release likely in June with covers by Alex Ross, J.G. Jones, Michael Turner, Michael Kaluta, Art Adams, Joseph Michael Linsnser, John Cassaday, Adam Hughes and more planned for the first several issues. Red Sonja will be an ongoing series with the first story lasting five issues. Source: Comic Book Resources

02/13/05 - Five Minutes With J.G. Jones

Dynamic Forces recently posted a short interview with J.G. Jones in which he talks about his work on the Wanted mini-series with writer Mark Millar. Here's a small excerpt of the interview: DF: How has the Wanted experience and working with Mark Millar changed you? JG JONES: I'm too old to let some little upstart scamp like Millar change me. I tried to work with the same approach on Wanted that I always use. Storytelling comes first. This was pretty easy with Mark. I didn't have to change much from his script when I was drawing, because he gives the artist pretty much every thing he needs to work with. He has clear, concise storytelling, which is something I like. For the complete five minutes, click here Source: Dynamic Forces

05/09/04 - Wanted: J.G. Jones

Recently the people at Newsarama posted an interview with Mark Millar concerning his creator owned project Wanted for Top Cow. The article is accompanied with various pages and sketches by J.G. Jones from the book itself. For the complete article, click here. Source: Newsarama

11/02/03 - J.G. Jones Interview

The people at Comic Book Resources recently posted an interview with J.G. Jones and Jim McLauchlin, concerning Top Cow's upcoming Wanted series written by Mark Millar, on their website. It also contains some preview art. Here's a small excerpt of the interview: "Mark's really easy to work with," continued Jones. "He and I have actually known each other for a long time. We've always gotten along really well. If I need to change something in the storytelling, he doesn't have a problem with it at all as long as it works for the story." For the complete interview, click here. Source: Comic Book Resources

11/02/03 - J.G. Jones covers Wonder Woman

As of Wonder Woman #200 J.G. Jones will replace Adam Hughes as regular cover artist on the series. #200 will also contain pin-ups by John Cassaday, Eduardo Risso, Steve Rude, J.H. Williams III and Mick Gray and Walter Simonson. Source: Comic Book Resources

11/02/03 - J.G. Jones Wanted

As of December you can expect four new titles from writer Mark Millar, published through four different companies, but linked together by a Millar World logo in the corner of each issue. As a part of this, Top Cow will be publishing the six-issue Wanted series with art by J.G. Jones: WANTED (TOP COW) Writer Mark Millar (The Ultimates)/ Artist JG Jones (Black Widow) Get ready for the next generation of superhero comics. This mature readers title finishes what started with The Authority and continues with The Ultimates as Mark Millar gives you super-people as you've never seen them before. The gloves are off for this six issue series that's been described by the Sunday Times as 'Watchmen for Super-Villains'. Six issues. Monthly. For the complete article, click here. Source: Comic Book Resources

02/15/03 - J.G. Jones to cover THUNDER Agents?

Silver Bullet Comic Books' All The Rage column posted an interesting rumour: "We've had a mail in from McCoy updating us on the THUNDER Agents saga. Apparently the project is back on track. I can't say too much more on it except that the characters have been redesigned and apparently look more Ultimates than Avengers. J.G. Jones is allegedly signed on for the covers and the final script is sat waiting for the green light." Source: Silver Bullet Comics

12/09/02 - DC's 2003 Preview

DC Comics recently released some details about their projects for 2003. I've selected a few which should be of interest to you: SOLO (W/A) various (E) Mark Chiarello 3Q 03 Top artists take on comics' top heroes - and much more - in this new, ongoing series! Every issue gives a single artist room to create original stories in a variety of styles. Among the talent already slated to for SOLO are Mike Allred, Brian Bolland, John Cassaday, Darwyn Cooke, Richard Corben, Dave Gibbons, Scott Hampton, Adam Hughes, J.G. Jones, Kevin Nowlan, Paul Pope, Tim Sale, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walter Simonson, Brian Stelfreeze, Bruce Timm, John Van Fleet, and Matt Wagner. JSA: ALL-STARS (W) David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns and various (A) various (E) Peter Tomasi 8 issues, 2Q 03 Find out what makes Earth's first super-team tick in this miniseries featuring numerous adventures that lead up to all-out battle! This miniseries features lead stories written by Goyer and Johns, with art by Sal Velluto, Dave Ross, Barry Kitson, Mike McKone, Phil Winslade, Stephen Sadowski, and others. Plus back-up stories written by Michael Chabon, Jeph Loeb, James Robinson, Brian Azzarello, and others, illustrated by Michael Lark, Darwyn Cooke, Howard Chaykin, Tony Harris, Tim Sale, and Eduardo Risso. PLANETARY (W) Warren Ellis (A) John Cassaday (E) Scott Dunbier Ongoing series, 2Q 03 Jakita Wagner, Elijah Snow and the Drummer return! The story picks up with a tale of Anna Hark, who's determined to carry out her father's dream of enhancing humanity's existence through technology - no matter who stands in her way! ASTRO CITY: LOCAL HEROES (W) Kurt Busiek (A) Brent Anderson (C) Alex Ross (E) Ben Abernathy 5 issues, 1Q 03 The acclaimed title returns in February as a series of miniseries. The first, ASTRO CITY: LOCAL HEROES, runs five bimonthly issues, kicking off with three stand-alone stories that reintroduce the heroes and villains of Astro City, followed by the tale "Dark Ages." All with covers by Alex Ross Source: Newsarama

08/20/02 - San Diego Comic Convention Con News Tidbits

The San Diego Comic Convention yielded some very interesting news tidbits: Comicraft released a Hip Flask promotional poster with art by Jose Ladronn and the Unnatural Selection one-shot with two alternate covers by Ladronn and Nathalie Gavet. They also released all of Ladronn’s art for the comic - plus more - on a limited edition CD-ROM. It was revealed that Alex Ross and Paul Dini will once again team for their annual, tabloid-sized book. The one difference - this time around, DC announced two Ross/Dini projects, both featuring the JLA - Secret Origins and Truth & Justice. For the complete article, click here. The 2002 Eisner Awards, were given out at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Winners of interest were: Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team - Eduardo Risso, 100 Bullets Best Graphic Album-Reprint - Batman: Dark Victory, by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Best Continuing Series - 100 Bullets, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso Best Serialized Story - Amazing Spider-Man #30-35: "Coming Home," by J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr., and Scott Hanna Comprised of 20 short stories and one main story, "It’s a Bird" is Steve Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen’s look at Superman, as told form the viewpoint of a scriptwriter assigned to work on a Superman movie script. "It's an 124-page hardback from Vertigo, edited by Karen Berger, painted by Teddy Kristiansen and he's done with about 90-95 pages of it, so it might come out sometime soon," says Seagle. Ed Brubaker, new writer of Detective Comics, said that his first story arc will last six issues. Tim Sale will provide covers for the series. Cameron Stewart is the new artist of Catwoman, taking over with #12. J.G. Jones will provide covers for the series. At a panel, J. Michael Straczynski said that he "may" have had a conversation with Joe Quesada about an artist who "may" have been Tim Sale about a miniseries that "may" involve Dr. Strange. Source: Newsarama & Comics Continuum

07/08/02 - Wizard World Chicago Con News Tidbits

The Wizard World Chicago convention yielded some very interesting news tidbits: Joe Quesada announced that artist Jae Lee will follow Trevor Hairsine and pencil four issues of the ongoing Captain America series (issues #12-15), and he added "if the god’s smile upon us", John Cassaday will return to the series at that point, ideally with issue #16. Mark Buckingham's story arc on Fables, starting with #6, is called "Animal Farm" and deals with the characters who can't pass as humans. J.G. Jones is doing eight covers for Y - The Last Man series. Though not officially announced at the DC panel, reps at Alex Ross’ booth are confirming that the artist has another tabloid-sized special in the works for release in November 2003, starring the JLA. This project will be even larger in scope however, as Ross’ reps say it’s currently planned to be 96-pages. Ross reportedly also wants to do a regular comic book size prelude to that project for release this fall, though DC did not comment on either of these plans. Ross’ people also say there is talk of a future slipcase (a very large slipcase) edition collecting all the tabloid-sized specials (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Shazam, JLA and the prelude). Wildstorm's editor-in-chief Scott Dunbier said he hopes to get Planetary and Kurt Busiek’s Astro City on a bi-monthly shipping schedules soon. The New X-Men art lineup includes John Paul Leon on #130, Phil Jimenez on #131-132, Ethan Van Sciver on #133-134 and Frank Quitely on #135-138 or -139. Marvel also said that it hopes to have Quitely draw all of the series' covers. An Incredible Hulk hardcover is scheduled for November, collecting the first two arcs written by Bruce Jones (with art by John Romita Jr. and Lee Weeks), as well as the Startling Stories: Banner mini-series by Brian Azzarello and Richard Corben. Source: Newsarama & Comics Continuum

07/08/02 - Cover Tidbits

Here's a short list of upcoming covers, which could be of interest: Alex Ross will be providing an alternate cover to the Captain Marvel series when it is relaunched this September as part of Marvel's U-Decide event. Catwoman #11 will have a cover by J.G. Jones. Source: Newsarama

06/11/02 - J.G. Jones Interview

Newsarama has posted an interview with J.G. Jones on their website. The interview was conducted by Jimmy Palmiotti and is part of his State of the Art interview series. In the interview he talks about his art, the upcoming Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia HC and future work For the whole interview, click here. Source: Newsarama

12/20/01 - J.G. Jones almost finished with Wonder Woman hardcover

Artist J.G. Jones is still hard at work on his upcoming Wonder Woman: The Hikketeia project. J.G. has about 20 pages left to finish the 96-page story. Wonder Woman: The Hikketeia is a hardcover graphic novel written by Greg Rucka. Guest-starring Batman. The book will probably be released in the first quarter of 2002. Source: Wizardworld

04/08/01 - Marvel releases Master Prints in July

According to YourMan, Marvel will release a set of twelve comic-book sized trading cards in July, called Marvel Master Prints. The cards will be printed on cardstock, laminated on both sides, and feature art on one side, and a character biography on the other side. After the first set, the cards will ship on a quarterly basis. The artists for the first set of twelve cards includes: Wolverine by Bill Sienkiewicz, Captain America by Travis Charest, Punisher by Tim Townsend, The Avengers by Alex Ross, Daredevil by David Mack, Spider-Man by John Romita Jr., Wolverine by Frank Quitely, the Hulk by Kaare Andrews, Elektra by Greg Horn, Daredevil and Spider-Man by Alex Ross, Black Widow by J.G. Jones, and that Phoenix/Wolverine kiss by Ian Churchill. It is unclear if all of the art will be reprinted from other sources, or a mix of new and previously-seen art. Source: Your Man @ Marvel

04/08/01 - J.G. Jones News Tidbits

Codename: Knockout This new ongoing series from Vertigo will feature covers by J.G. Jones and Chiodo. 100 Bullets July`s 100 Bullets #26 offers a special ‘starting point’ issue for new readers, while delivering juicy new tidbits for fans who have been with the series from the start. Featuring a framing sequence by Risso, #26 has a host of comics biggest names contributing pages, including J.G. Jones, Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Dave Gibbons, Paul Pope, Lee Bermejo, Tim Bradstreet, Mark Chiarello, and more. Transmetropolitan June's Transmetropolitan #46 will have a cover by J.G. Jones. Birds of Prey May's Birds of Prey #31 will have a cover by J.G. Jones.

04/08/01 - DC previews their 2001-'02 offerings

Recently, Newsarama posted a list of DC Comics 2001-'02 offerings, which were announced during a retailer conference slide show/presentation. Here's some of the information: Wonder Woman: Truth Fourth Quarter 2001 The fourth tabloid-sized book by the team of writer Paul Dini and painter Alex Ross is a tribute to the amazing Amazon Princess. Wonder Woman: The Hikketeia HC First Quarter 2002 Wonder Woman is caught among three perilous options when a young woman takes an Amazon precept to a dangerous extreme. Wonder Woman: The Hikketeia is a hardcover graphic novel written by Greg Rucka. Guest-starring Batman, The Hikketeia is illustrated by J.G. Jones and inker Wade Von Grawbadger. Planetary Action Figures Fourth Quarter 2001 Now the characters from Warren Ellis and John Cassaday`s Wildstorm series form an exciting new trio of action figures from DC Direct. All three Planetary Action Figures come with pegged stands emblazoned with the Planetary logo upon which the figures may be posed, and are individually packaged in four-color blister packs. For the whole list - with preview images - click here Source: Fandom's Comics Newsarama

11/13/00 - J.G. Jones to do Project at DC [UPDATE]

Artist J.G. Jones (Marvel Boy) has been officially confirmed as penciler of writer Greg Rucka's upcoming Wonder Woman hardcover special, co-starring Batman. Source: Fandom's Comics Newsarama

10/22/00 - J.G. Jones to do Project at DC

It looks as if Black Widow and Marvel Boy artist J.G. Jones' next project will be over at DC. Though not yet confirmed by DC, it looks as if the artist might be lining up for and a good bet to illustrate Greg Rucka's upcoming 96-page Wonder Woman graphic novel edited by Bob Schreck. Source: Fandom's Comics Newsarama

10/15/00 - Short J.G. Jones Interview

Wizardworld.com posted a short interview with artist J.G. JOnes. In the interview he talks about his current work on the Marvel Boy mini-series, written by Grant Morrison, for the Marvel Knights imprint. For the whole interview click here Source: WizardWorld.com

07/11/00 - J.G. Jones Interviewed - Part Two

Comic Book Recources posted the second in a two part interview with J.G. Jones, conducted and written by contributing writer Bill Baker. In this part he talks among other things about his first published work, his influences and why he doesn't commit to an ongoing series. Here's a small excerpt of the interview: Bill Baker: What do you look for in a project? What is it about a book that makes you want to work on it? One of the things about much of your work is the fact that the books often feature strong female leads. J.G. Jones: Yeah. One reason I did MARVEL BOY - besides the fact that Grant Morrison said he wanted me, "Huh? OK! Where do I sign? AND I get PAID!?" - I REALLY wanted to do a book that wasn't a 'chick book', cause I'd been doing them for so long. And I didn't want to be just, "That guy who did chick books." ... For the full interview click here. Source: Comic Book Resources

07/06/00 - J.G. Jones Interviewed - Part One

Comic Book Recources posted the first in a two part interview with J.G. Jones, conducted and written by contributing writer Bill Baker. In the first part he mainly talks about his work on Marvel Boy and how he got to be an artist. Here's a small excerpt of the interview: Bill Baker: Do you know what your next project's gonna be, for sure? I know you're going to be doing covers for WILDCATS. J.G. Jones: Yeah, I'm gonna pretty much spend what's left of my summer doing covers, and I'm gonna work on a creator owned project that I've had in the works for a couple years, that I've been sitting on. And ... keep my options open, talking to various people about what my next project is gonna be. I think I'll catch my breath a little bit before I decide what I'm gonna do next. For the full interview click here. Source: Comic Book Resources

06/12/00 - J.G. Jones Checklist Uploaded

I've uploaded a J.G. Jones checklist to my site. J.G. Jones is probably best known for his amazing work on Crusade's Shi and both the Black Widow and Marvel Boy mini-series for Marvel Knights. Use the link on the left side or click here to view the checklist. The next new checklist you can expect on my site, will be the Michael Wm. Kaluta checklist (finally). It's almost finished and all I can say 'it's a real big one' maybe even more extensive than the Bernie Wrightson list! If you like to be informed on future updates on my site, you can subscribe to my newsletter. If you subscribe you'll receive a newsletter at least once a month which will contain news updates concerning the artists I have a checklist of (or in the near future), information on upcoming checklists, a Previews checklist and other interesting stuff I want to share with you. You can join by entering your e-mail address on the form (bottom - right) and clicking on the ListBot button!

05/09/00 - Marvel Boy / Peter Parker Previewed

Avengers #31, Uncanny X-Men #383 and Marvel Knights #1 will all contain a free eight-page insert that includes pages from both Marvel Boy #1 (by Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones) and Peter Parker, Spider-Man #20 (by Paul Jenkins and Mark Buckingham)!!! Source: Your Man @ Marvel

04/15/00 - J.G. Jones News Tidbit

At the moment there are several Spider-Man limited series in the works. Like the upcoming Lee Week's Spider-Man: Death & Destiny, Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin by Roger Stern and Weeks, a limited series by Fabian Nicieza and Steve Rude and a future Spidey limited series with art by J.G. Jones. Source: Newsarama

04/03/00 - J.G. Jones Covers WildCats

J.G. Jones will be the new cover artist on WildCats after the departure of Travis Charest with #12. The decision to appoint J.G. Jones as the new cover artist - rather than the penciler of the book, Sean Phillips - resulted in a discussion on the DC Message Boards. Here's what writer Joe Casey had to say: ... "I'll go on the record here on this mild cover debate... I think Sean should be doing the covers. However, back before either Sean and I were on the book, the concept of getting J.G. to do interiors on WILDCATS was being tossed around. Obviously, that never came to pass (I think his work on Black Widow seemed so... Travis-like, that certain editors simply connected the dots there), but WildStorm still wanted J.G. to do some work for them and this seemed like a good way to get that working relationship started. I've seen the cover for #13, and I can safely say that it justifies the decision. However... Sean and I have had some discussions about comic book graphic design (mainly about how generally pathetic it is), and my goal is to get Sean doing covers as soon as possible. Hopefully, at the same time, we can redesign the overall look of the book and turn it into something more people would be proud to have tucked under their arm. This, also, was a topic of discussion when I was down in San Diego." ... Source: DC Message Boards