Jeph Jacques

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Jeph Jacques

Jacques at San Diego Comic-Con 2008
Born June 17, 1980 (1980-06-17) (age 29)
Rockville, Maryland
Nationality American
Area(s) Easthampton, Massachusetts
Notable works Questionable Content
indietits

Jeph Jacques (born June 17, 1980(1980-06-17)) writes and illustrates the webcomics Questionable Content and "indietits". He was born in Rockville, Maryland, graduated from Hampshire College with a degree in music, and lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts with his wife (and business manager) Cristi.[1]

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[edit] Questionable Content

Main article: Questionable Content

Questionable Content (QC) is a comedic slice-of-life webcomic that Jacques started on August 1, 2003. It was initially published two days a week, and then moved up to three updates a week when Jacques published strip #16.[2] On September 4, 2004 Jacques quit his day job to begin publishing QC every weekday. Jeph can be considered one of the small number of professional web cartoonists, as he and his wife Cristi both make their living through QC.[3]

[edit] Other artistic endeavors

Jeph is a member of Dayfree Press, joining forces with artists such as Christian Fundin and Pontus Madsen (Little Gamers), Sam Logan (Sam and Fuzzy), and Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics).

Jacques launched "indietits" as an anonymous side project on April 1, 2005 to use ideas that did not fit into Questionable Content's setting. Compared to Questionable Content, it is a simple strip, eschewing detailed art and linear storyline in favour of reusable pre-drawn panels and one-shot jokes.

To further broaden his drawing limits, Jeph created Jephdraw to place unnamed drawings of his onto the internet. He puts anything from favored panels to simple sketches for others to see what he does in his spare time.

[edit] Deathmøle

Deathmøle is a virtual post-metal band, whose works are freely available over the Internet,[4][5] created by Jeph Jacques in 2005.[citation needed] The band is currently composed of three characters from his comic, Questionable Content. Since its inception, Jeph has periodically released Deathmøle songs through his livejournal,[6] where they remain available. The first album is Moletopopolis, which consists of fifteen tracks. The second is Long Songs, which contains eight tracks including a cover of Low’s “2-step”. The latest album is named ??? and consists of six tracks. Most recently, Jeph has begun work on a fourth album, Trial Period.[citation needed]

[edit] Honors

A panel from Jacques' award-winning webcomic Questionable Content
See also: Recognition for Questionable Content

Jacques was the Artist Guest of Honor at the 2006 Albacon.[7] His webcomic Questionable Content has been honored multiple times in the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jacques, Jeph. "About Questionable Content". Questionable Content. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20070825115105/http://www.questionablecontent.net/about.php. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. 
  2. ^ "Strip #16 News Blog". http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=16. 
  3. ^ Jacques, Jeph. "Frequently Asked Questions". Questionable Content. http://www.questionablecontent.net/faq.php. 
  4. ^ http://www.questionablecontent.net/deathmole/
  5. ^ http://questionablecontent.net/deathmolequestion.html
  6. ^ http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/
  7. ^ "Albacon 11 Guests". Albacon. 2006-09-28. http://www.albacon.org/2006/guests.html. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. 
  8. ^ "WCCA Awards". http://www.ccawards.com/. Retrieved on 2008-09-13. 

[edit] External links

[edit] Guest Comics

[edit] Interviews with Jeph Jacques

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