Jan Duursema

Jan Duursema

Duursema on the Women In Comics panel
at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con.
Born October 27, 1954 (1954-10-27) (age 57)
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
Notable works Arion, Lord of Atlantis
Star Wars
Warlord
Awards Eisner Award, Russ Manning Promising Newcomer, 1983
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Jan Duursema (born October 27, 1954) is an American comic book artist known for her work on the Star Wars comics franchise. She was the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and the Kiffar Jedi Quinlan Vos.

Both Duursema and Mandrake did the art for Marvel Star Wars 92: The Dream. She was the basis for the character Ur-Sema Du.

Outside Star Wars, Duursema 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.

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Personal life

Duursema and her husband, fellow comics artist Tom Mandrake, have a son, Jack Moses Mandrake (born October 4, 1995), and a daughter, Sian Mandrake.

Bibliography

Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:

Dark Horse

DC

Marvel

Other publishers

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Preceded by
Dale Keown
The Incredible Hulk artist
1993
Succeeded by
Gary Frank