Jan Duursema

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Jan Duursema
Dori Seda, unknown, Jan Duursema (middle), Trina Robbins, Carol Kalish, on the Women In Comics panel at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con.
Born	October 27, 1954
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker

Jan Duursema (October 27, 1954–) is an artist who has produced illustrations for many Star Wars comics. She was the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and the Kiffar Jedi Quinlan Vos. She often works with John Ostrander.

She is married to artist Tom Mandrake, both of whom did the art for Marvel Star Wars 92: The Dream. She was the basis for the character Ur-Sema Du. Outside Star Wars, she has worked on several comics and magazines published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics, featuring characters such as Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men.

Jan and Tom have a son, Jack Moses Mandrake (born October 4, 1995), and a daughter, Sian Mandrake.