Sandy Jimenez
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| Sandy Jimenez | |
 Sandy Jimenez, at work in May 2007. |
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| Birth name | Sandy Rafael Jimenez |
| Born | March 8, 1968 Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Creator, Writer, Illustrator |
| Notable works | The 12th Sister Marley Davidson Shit House Poet Urban Scrimmage |
Sandy Jimenez (born March 8, 1968) is an American comic book artist, most commonly associated with the New York city independent comic book scene of the 1990s, with work appearing in magazines such as Inner City Press and World War 3 Illustrated.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Manhattan, but raised by a single mother in the South Bronx during all of the 1970s; the years of that borough's most intense economic privation and grinding poverty.[1] Displaying an aptitude for visual art and creative writing from a very early age, he was awarded a scholarship to the Calhoun School in the fall of 1980. He majored in sculpture at The Cooper Union and exhibited four completed comic books in 1990 as part of his Senior exhibition in the Houghton Gallery. One of the comic books shown at the exhibition entitled the Shit House Poet would be the basis of his ongoing published work in World War 3 Illustrated for that entire decade and beyond.[2] Scouted by artist Eric Drooker, Sandy Jimenez's work first saw publication in January of 1991 under the editorship of Seth Tobocman and Sabrina Jones.[citation needed]
In 2004, the comic book story entitled "Skips" originally published in issue #31 of World War 3 Illustrated was adapted into a short that was part of the official competition at the Tribeca Film Festival[3]. Sandy Jimenez also received the ABC/Disney New Talent Development Grant in that same year for his screenplay writing.[4]
Sandy Jimenez began collaborating with writer Jon Papernick in 2007 to adapt his book Who by Fire, Who by Blood, into a graphic novel.[5]
His last published comic book work appeared in issue #35 of World War 3 Illustrated in mid 2004.[citation needed] In 2007 he became the CEO of 700 Shades of Grey Inc.[6]
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[edit] References
- ^ Mahler, Jonathan (2005). Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- ^ (1995) Confrontational Comics. Four Walls Eight Windows. ISBN 1-56097-002-2.
- ^ Tribeca Film Festival 2004 lineup, "Beyond Manhattan" official listing.
- ^ Sandy Jimenez at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Author Jon Papernick's official website.
- ^ IMDB database listing.
