Phil Jimenez
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| Birth name | Philip Jimenez |
| Born | July 12, 1970 (age 36) |
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| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
| Notable works | Wonder Woman |
Philip "Phil" Jimenez (born July 12, 1970) is an American comic book writer, artist and penciller. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and later Orange County, California, he moved to New York City to attend college at the School of Visual Arts. He began working at DC Comics when he was 21; his first published work was 4 pages in the DC miniseries War of the Gods (1991).
He is probably best known for his work as writer/artist on Wonder Woman (2000-2003), main penciller of the miniseries crossover event Infinite Crisis (2005-2006) or his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on The Invisibles and New X-Men.
His realistic and richly detailed art style is heavily influenced by the work of artist George Pérez, who worked on 80's series such as The New Teen Titans (also as co-plotter), Crisis on Infinite Earths and Wonder Woman (also as writer). In fact, a large part of Phil Jimenez' work is also related to these three works by Perez: Jimenez has worked repeteadly in several Titans-related series (some issues of the ongoing series New Titans and Team Titans, and the miniseries JLA/Titans, The Return of Donna Troy and Tempest), was the main artist of Infinite Crisis, a sequel of Crisis on Infinite Earths and highly related to the historical maxiseries, and did a large run as writer & artist of Wonder Woman (like also did Perez in the 80's). Jimenez and Perez also have worked together in 2005-2006 in the miniseries Infinite Crisis (where Jimenez is the main penciller, and Perez participates drawing some sequences and covers for the series) and The return of Donna Troy (written by Jimenez and inked by Perez).
In 2004 he produced a creator-owned multi-genre limited series, Otherworld, which was published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.
He lives in New York City.
He now teaches a life-drawing course, Drawing for Cartoonists, as part of the undergraduate cartooning program at the School of Visual Arts.
[edit] Selected bibliography
(In all titles providing interior pencils, except where noted)
- Deathstroke Annual #1 (1992).
- Team Titans (1992-94). Jimenez drew the Terra story of the issue 1, with George Pérez and Al Vey inking. Also drew interiors for issues 7-10 & 13-15, covers for issues 4-6 & 12 and co-plotted issues 13-24 and Annual 1.
- New Titans #93-95 (1993).
- Robin #6, 11-13 (1994-95). Also drew in Showcase '94 #5-6 the beginnind and end of a 3-part story who had his middle chapter in Robin #6.
- Lobo #20 (1995).
- Tempest (1996). 4-issue miniseries, as writer & artist.
- Wonder Woman: Donna Troy (DC, 1998). Writer & artist of this one-shot.
- X-Men: Liberators (Marvel, 1998). 4-issue miniseries.
- The Invisibles Vol.1 #17-19 & The Invisibles Vol. 2 #1-13 (DC/Vertigo, 1996-97), with writer Grant Morrison. Was his longer work before Wonder Woman.
- JLA/Titans: The Technis imperative (DC, 1998). 3-issue miniseries. Penciller & co-plotter.
- Planetary/Authority: Ruling the World (Wildstorm, 2000). With writer Warren Ellis.
- Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze (2000). 3-issue prestige miniseries. Inker only, with writer & penciller Dan Jurgens.
- Wonder Woman (DC Comics, October 2000 - January 2003). 2-years run as writer & artist of the series, between issues 164 and 188, with some fill-in pencillers, and some co-writers in his firsts issues.
- New X-Men #132 (stand alone story), 139-141 ("Murder at the mansion" story arc) & 146-150 ("Planet X" story arc) (Marvel, 2002-2003). With writer Grant Morrison.
- Otherworld #1-7 (DC/Vertigo, 2005)
- DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy (2005). Writer only, with pencils by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez and inks by George Perez.
- Infinite Crisis #1-7 (DC Comics, 2005-2006). Main penciller of the limited series.
[edit] Trivia
- He dedicated his work on the (1996) limited series Tempest to deceased DC editor Neal Pozner. Pozner had been the first editor to hire Jimenez, and the two subsequently had a relationship that ended with Pozner's passing.
- His work has appeared in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, on album covers, and in editorial magazines. He has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Advocate, Instinct and Out magazines.
- He also worked as a "hand double" for Tobey Maguire in the film Spider-Man, in the scenes depicting the young Peter Parker designing his costumed identity.
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| Preceded by Ben Raab |
Wonder Woman writer 2001–2003 |
Succeeded by Walt Simonson |
