Kelley Jones

For those of a similar name, see Kelly Jones (disambiguation).
Kelley Jones
Jones in March 2018
Born (1962-07-23) July 23, 1962 (age 62)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Area(s)Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Batman
Batman & Dracula: Red Rain
The Sandman
AwardsInkpot Award 2014

Kelley Jones (born July 23, 1962)[1] is an American comics artist best known for his work on Batman with writer Doug Moench and on The Sandman with writer Neil Gaiman.

Early life

Kelley Jones was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in Citrus Heights. He began reading comic books when "My brother came home one day, with a stack of comics (from school)...He had in there Marvel Collectors' Item Classics and Marvel's Greatest Comics, something along those lines, and they were reprints of the '61, '62, '63 period. They knocked me OUT!"[2] In 1979, Jones met artist Marshall Rogers at a San Francisco comics convention. After reviewing Jones' artwork, Rogers praised it and told him "You will make a great Batman artist someday. If you keep doing this, I can see you doing a great Batman!"[3][4]

Career

Kelley Jones entered the comics industry as an inker for Marvel Comics with his first published work appearing in Micronauts #52 (May 1983).[5] He penciled issue #59 (Aug. 1984) and when the series was relaunched as Micronauts: The New Voyages in October 1984, he continued penciling the series through most of its 20-issue run.[6] At DC Comics, Jones redesigned Deadman, making the character look thin and skeletal. Deadman's face, formerly drawn to resemble a normal human's head with pale white skin, now looked like a skull.[7] In 1990 and 1991, he drew several issues of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series[8] with contributions to the "Dream Country" and "Season of Mists" story arcs.[9][10] Jones and inker John Beatty collaborated with writer Doug Moench on a series of Batman tales including Batman: Dark Joker – The Wild and the vampire Batman trilogy beginning with Batman & Dracula: Red Rain.[11] Jones drew the covers for many of the chapters of the "Batman: Knightfall" crossover storyline.[12] He became the penciler of Batman with issue #515 (Feb. 1995)[13] and worked on such story arcs as "Contagion".[14] Moench and Jones co-created the Ogre in Batman #535 (Oct. 1996).[15]

He illustrated The Crusades for Vertigo (2000–2001) and the four-issue mini-series Conan: The Book of Thoth for Dark Horse Comics[16] with writers Kurt Busiek and Len Wein in 2006. Since 1997, Jones has also produced a number of works as a writer-artist for Dark Horse, including several miniseries and one-shots starring his creation The Hammer (1997–1999): the one-shot ZombieWorld: Eat Your Heart Out (1998) and the four-issue miniseries The 13th Son (2005–2006). In 2008, Jones returned to Batman, this time in a twelve-issue series titled Batman: Gotham After Midnight, written by Steve Niles. In 2009, he illustrated the Batman: The Unseen five-issue series, re-teaming with Moench.[5] In 2014, he provided artwork for "The Pale Man", part of "Batman: Endgame" focusing on a group of serial killers and an Arkham nurse who are forced into telling "a story" by the Joker. Jones drew part of the fourth and final issue of the Frankenstein Alive, Alive! limited series for IDW Publishing. The series' original artist, Bernie Wrightson, was unable to complete it due to ill health before his death.[17]

In 2015, Len Wein asked Jones to collaborate on Convergence: Swamp Thing and its success led to the two of them working together on a Swamp Thing miniseries, The Dead Don't Die. That series was also a success and an additional series was commissioned. The project was halted due to Wein's death.

Jones later illustrated Lobo vs. Roadrunner, followed by 2018's Justice League America Annual. He returned to working on Batman in 2018, illustrating Batman: Kings of Fear, a six-part miniseries.[18]

In 2019, Kelley Jones unveils having worked on illustrations for the new Creepshow series as well as his 12-page comic book adaptation of "The Raft",[19] that Marvel asked him to work on for accompanying the release of the Creepshow 2 movie, in 1987.[20][21]

Awards

Kelley Jones was nominated for both a Harvey Award and an Eisner Award for his work on Deadman: Love after Death and again in 1990 for Batman: Red Rain. The latter work won him a Diamond Gem Award for best artist in 1990.

Jones won an Eisner in 1991 for best run for The Sandman arc "Season of Mist".

Jones won the best artist at both the Rondo Awards and from MTV in 2008 for his work on Batman: Gotham after Midnight.[22]

Jones was presented with an Inkpot Award in 2014.[23]

Bibliography

Dark Horse Comics

  • Aliens: Hive #1–4 (1992)
  • The Hammer #1–4 (1997–1998)
  • The Hammer: The Outsider #1–3 (1999)
  • The Hammer: Uncle Alex #1 (1998)
  • The 13th Son #1–4 (2005–2006)
  • Conan: The Book of Thoth #1–4 (2006)

DC Comics

  • Action Comics Weekly #618–621, 623, 625–626 (Deadman serial) (1988)
  • Aquaman #34 (2018)
  • Batman #515–519, 521–525, 527–532, 535–552 (1995–1998)
  • Batman vol. 2 #35 (2014)
  • Batman & Dracula: Red Rain HC (1991)
  • Batman Annual #27 (2009)
  • Batman Black and White #3 (2021)
  • Batman: Bloodstorm HC (1994)
  • Batman: Crimson Mist HC (1999)
  • Batman: Dark Joker – The Wild HC (1993)
  • Batman: Gotham After Midnight #1–12 (2008–2009)
  • Batman: Haunted Gotham #1–4 (2000)
  • Batman: Kings of Fear #1–6 (2018–2019)
  • Batman: Unseen #1–5 (2009–2010)
  • The Books of Magic Annual #3 (1999)
  • Countdown to Final Crisis #19 (2008)
  • Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Red Rain #1 (2008)
  • Crusades #1–20 (2001–2002)
  • Crusades: Urban Decree #1 (2001)
  • DC Infinite Halloween Special #1 (2007)
  • DCU Halloween Special '09 #1 (2009)
  • Deadman Exorcism #1–2 (1992–1993)
  • Deadman: Love After Death #1–2 (1989–1990)
  • Detective Comics #1000 (2019)
  • Detective Comics Annual #11 (2009)
  • Doom Patrol vol. 2 #36 (1990)
  • Flinch #3 (1999)
  • Harley Quinn Annual #1 (2014)
  • Joker's Asylum II: Clayface #1 (2010)
  • Manhunter #3–4 (1988)
  • The New Teen Titans vol. 2 #47, Annual #4 (1988)
  • The Sandman #17–18, 22–24, 26–27 (1990–1991)
  • Sleepy Hollow #1 (2000)
  • Spectre vol. 3 #16 (inker) (1994)
  • Superman/Batman #65 (2009)
  • Swamp Thing vol. 2 #94, 100 (1990)
  • Swamp Thing vol. 6 #1–6 (2016)
  • Swamp Thing Winter Special #1 (2018)

Hot Comics International

  • Chrome #1 (1986)
  • Chrome #2 (1986)
  • Chrome #3 (1987)

IDW Publishing

  • Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #4 (2018)

Marvel Comics

References

  1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Greenfield, Dan (July 7, 2015). "The Secret Origin of Kelley Jones". 13th Dimension, Comics, Creators, Culture. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Quinones, Peter (Winter 2017). "Bloodwork: Geeking Out With the Maestro of the Arts Macabre". Comic Book Creator (14). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 36–37.
  4. ^ Greenfield, Dan (May 18, 2015). "How Marshall Rogers Lit the Fire". 13th Dimension, Comics, Creators, Culture. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Kelley Jones at the Grand Comics Database
  6. ^ Lantz, James Heath (October 2014). "Inner-Space Opera: A Look at Marvel's Micronauts Comics". Back Issue! (76). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 52–53.
  7. ^ Martin, Brian (August 2017). "Where the Action is...Weekly". Back Issue! (98). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 66–67. Where all previous artists had shown the character looking exactly the same as he had in life as Boston Brand, Jones' depiction took a distinct turn at Albuquerque as his Deadman looked like a human skeleton wrapped in the familiar costume.
  8. ^ Cowsill, Alan (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. OCLC 505422656. The Sandman saw a variety of artists grace its pages. Sam Kieth drew the first few issues, followed by Mike Dringenberg, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, and Shawn McManus, among others.
  9. ^ Bender, Hy (1999). The Sandman Companion. New York, New York: DC Comics. pp. 265–266. ISBN 978-1563894657.
  10. ^ Burgas, Greg (January 7, 2013). "Comics You Should Own – Sandman". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014.
  11. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 251: "Written by Batman alumnus Doug Moench, and illustrated with the shadowy pencils of Kelley Jones, Red Rain chronicled the clash between Batman and the legendary Dracula."
  12. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 259: "With most of its issues featuring eye-catching covers by relatively new Batman artist Kelley Jones...'Knightfall' was instantly recognizable as a major event in the life of Bruce Wayne."
  13. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 269
  14. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 272
  15. ^ Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "1990s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 224. ISBN 978-1465424563. OCLC 876351122. Writer Doug Moench and artist Kelley Jones introduced a pair of new villains into Batman's world with the Ogre and the Ape.
  16. ^ "Kelley Jones". Lambiek Comiclopedia. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012.
  17. ^ Dueben, Alex (March 20, 2018). "Kelley Jones Reflects on Swamp Thing, Wrightson's Frankenstein". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2024. Jones turned to completing the fourth issue of IDW Publishing's Frankenstein, Alive, Alive! The miniseries by Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson — calling back to Bernie Wrightson's 1983 Frankenstein adaptation — was unfinished at the time of Wrightson's death last year, but before he passed, he asked his friend Jones to finish it.
  18. ^ Yaws, Jay (May 21, 2018). "Kelley Jones to illustrate "Batman: Kings of Fear" this fall". ComicsNow. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  19. ^ "Read the previously unreleased 12 page comicbook version of 'The Raft' (Creepshow) that Marvel wanted to release in 1987". Club Stephen King. September 24, 2019.
  20. ^ Squires, John (September 25, 2019). "Artist Kelley Jones Shares Never-Seen Pages from 'Creepshow 2' Comic Marvel Almost Released". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  21. ^ Denis, Ricardo Serrano (September 25, 2019). "Artist Kelley Jones digs up his unpublished CREEPSHOW 2 comic story just in time for the franchise's revival". Comics Beat. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  22. ^ Langshaw, Mark (September 4, 2010). "'Batman' book wins horror award". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  23. ^ "Inkpot Award". San Diego Comic-Con. 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017.
Preceded by Micronauts inker
1983–1984 		Succeeded by
Bruce D. Patterson
Preceded by The Sandman artist
1991 		Succeeded by
Mike Dringenberg
Preceded by Batman artist
1995–1998 		Succeeded by

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