Jon J Muth

Jon J. Muth
Born	John J Muth July 28, 1960 (1960-07-28) (age 51) Cincinnati, OH
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Artist
Awards	Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, 1999
Official website

Jon J. Muth (born July 28, 1960 in Cincinnati, Ohio)^[1] is an American comic book artist and children's book illustrator, known for his painted artwork.

Muth studied stone sculpture and shodō (書道) (brush calligraphy) in Japan; and studied painting, printmaking, and drawing in England, Austria, and Germany.

His works include J. M. DeMatteis' graphic novel Moonshadow, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: The Wake (along with Michael Zulli and Charles Vess), Mike Cary's Lucifer: Nirvana and Swamp Thing: Roots. Muth has gone on to an award-winning career as a children's book writer and illustrator. He received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, in 1999, for his illustrations in Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse.

Muth has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

He has also created a version of the Stone soup fable set in China.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Art Collections 1.2 Children's Books Authored and illustrated 1.3 Children's Books Illustrated 1.4 Comics/graphic novels 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links 4.1 Interviews

Bibliography

Muth has authored and illustrated a number of books for a variety of publishing houses. (Due to new editions, publishing dates may not be completely accurate.)

Art Collections

• Vanitas (1991) published by Tundra Publishing
• Pictures Places Stone (1993) published by Allen Spiegel Fine Arts
• Koan (with Kent Williams 2001) published by Allen Spiegel Fine Arts

Children's Books Authored and illustrated

• The Three Questions (2002) published by Scholastic Press
• Stone Soup (2003) published by Scholastic Press
• Zen Shorts (2005) published by Scholastic Press
• Zen Ties (2008) published by Scholastic Press
• Zen Ghosts (2010) published by Scholastic Press

Children's Books Illustrated

• Come On, Rain (with author Karen Hesse 1999) published by Scholastic Press
• Gershon's Monster (with author Eric A. Kimmel 2000) published by Scholastic Press
• Putnam and Pennyroyal (with author Patrick Jennings 2000) published by Scholastic Press
• Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book (with author Remy Charlip 2000) published by Tricycle Press
• Our Gracie Aunt (with author Jacqueline Woodson 2002) published by Jump At The Sun
• Old Turtle and the Broken Truth (with author Douglas Wood 2003) published by Scholastic Press
• No Dogs Allowed! (with author Sonia Manzano 2004) published by Atheneum
• A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children (with author Caroline Kennedy 2005) published by Hyperion Books
• I Will Hold You 'till You Sleep (with author Linda Zuckerman 2006) published by Scholastic Press
• Mr. George Baker (with author Amy Hest 2007) published by Walker Books
• The Christmas Magic (with author Lauren Thompson) 2009 published by Scholastic Press
• City Dog, Country Frog (with author Mo Willems 2010) published by Hyperion Book CH

Comics/graphic novels

• Dracula: A Symphony In Moonlight (Graphic Novel, 1993) published by Marvel Comics; ISBN 0-87135-171-4
• Global Frequency: Planet Ablaze (contributed the story "Big Skys" with author Warren Ellis, TPB, 2004) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1-4012-0274-8
• Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown (with authors Walt Simonson, Louise Simonson and artist Kent Williams, TPB collects Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown #1-4, 1990) published by Marvel Comics; ISBN 0-87135-700-3
• Lucifer: Evensong (contributed the story "Nirvana" with author Mike Carey, TPB, 2007) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1-4012-1200-X
• M (based on the screenplay by Fritz Lang, TPB collects M #1-4, 1998) published by Abrams; ISBN 0-8109-9522-0
• Swamp Thing: Roots (Graphic Novel, 1998) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1563893773
• The Compleat Moonshadow (with author J. M. DeMatteis, TPB collects Moonshadow #1-12 and Farewell Moonshadow, 1998) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1-56389-343-6
• The Mystery Play (with author Grant Morrison. Graphic Novel, 1995) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1-56389-189-1
• The Mythology of an Abandoned City (Graphic Novel, 1994) published by Tundra Publishing; ISBN 1-879450-56-9
• The Sandman: The Wake (contributed the story "Exiles" with author Neil Gaiman, TPB, 1997) published by DC Comics; ISBN 1-56389-279-0

Notes

References

• Jon J Muth at Allen Spiegel Fine Arts
• Jon J Muth at The Grand Comics Database
• Jon J Muth at DC Comics
• Jon J Muth at Hyperion
• Jon J Muth at Scholastic
• Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book on Google Books

External links

• Official website
• Jon J Muth at www.scholastic.com

Interviews

• Something old, something new: Jon J. Muth's magical role as storyteller at www.bookpage.com
• Jon J Muth at www.indiebound.org
• Children's Bookshelf Talks with Jon J Muth at www.publishersweekly.com

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Name	Muth, Jon J
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Date of birth	July 28, 1960
Place of birth	Cincinnati, OH
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