Jim Woodring
Jim Woodring (born October 11, 1952 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American artist, cartoonist and writer. He currently works and lives in Seattle , Washington .
Career
Woodring worked as a garbage collector in Glendale for three years before receiving orders to make storyboards from the Ruby-Spears animation studio in the 1970s, where he stayed for about six years. He was also involved in the production of the film version of Fritz the Cat in the 1970s , but his name does not appear in the credits because he only carried out the work on behalf of a friend. As a freelance illustrator and author, Woodring remained active for a long time and was involved in many different projects.
After working at Ruby-Spears, Woodring brought out his autobiographical and first series of magazines , Jim , in 1986 with Fantagraphics . In this series he mainly processed his own dreams, which he had previously written down in a dream diary.
Woodring's own work can largely be classified in the area of surrealism . His stories often take place in alien worlds inhabited by a myriad of mystical and abstruse figures and objects, which seem to function according to the laws of dreams and have only vague analogies to the real world.
Woodring has had spontaneous hallucinations relatively regularly since early childhood , a circumstance that has significantly influenced his artistic work and the content he portrayed. The pictures he made of Jivas , which depict top- shaped beings, can serve as an example. Woodring also made these personally for his readers.
His best-known series is Frank , of which several large compilations have appeared in the USA. In Germany, five issues were published by the Berlin publisher Jochen Enterprises before it ceased business in 2000.
reception
Scott McCloud thinks Woodring is “fantastic” and his work is a “revelation”, only one in a thousand of his colleagues will surpass him.
Awards
- 1993: Harvey Award for Best Colourist, for Tantalizing Stories Presents Frank in the River
- 1993: Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story, for Tantalizing Stories Presents Frank in the River featuring “Frank in the River”
Web links
- Jim Woodring's website at jimwoodring.com
- Virtual exhibition of Woodring's work at lambiek.net
- The Comics Journal - The Jim Woodring Interview on tcj.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Info ( Memento of the original from January 7th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on fantagraphics.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woodring, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American artist, comic book artist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |