Joëlle Jones

Joëlle Jones at Stumptown Comics Fest in 2012

Joëlle Jones is an American comic book artist. She is best known for creating Lady Killer, a comic series published in 2015–2016 by Dark Horse Comics which she illustrated and co-wrote with Jamie S. Rich. The series is about a 1960s housewife who moonlights as a killer.[1] At the 2016 Eisner Awards, Lady Killer was nominated for Best Limited Series and Jones received nominations for Best Penciller/Inker and Best Cover Artist.[2]

Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con

Jones attended the Pacific Northwest College of Art,[3] where she studied painting; she dropped out to pursue comic book illustration.[4] For Marvel Comics, she has illustrated seven issues of Mockingbird, as well as issues for Spider-Woman, Scarlet Witch and Ms. Marvel.[5] She is also the illustrator of the four-part series Supergirl: Being Super written by Mariko Tamaki and published by DC Entertainment.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Jusino, Teresa (July 9, 2015). "Dark Horse’s Limited Series Lady Killer to Return For Second Story Arc; Joëlle Jones Talks Future of the Series". The Mary Sue. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Joëlle Jones Continues Multi Eisner Award Nominated Series Lady Killer In August!". Dark Horse Comics. May 11, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Joëlle Jones". Thought Bubble Festival. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ Johanssen, Heather (October 9, 2015). "Interview: Joëlle Jones, the artist behind Lady Killer". Boing Boing. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Joelle Jones: Comics". Marvel Comics. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ McMillan, Graeme (September 8, 2016). "DC to Launch New 'Supergirl' Origin Comic Book in December (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 31, 2017.


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