Klaus Janson
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| Klaus Janson | |
| Born | January 23, 1952[1] |
|---|---|
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Colorist |
| Awards | Golden Apple Award for Best Artist |
Klaus Janson (born January 23, 1952[1]) is an American comic book artist, working regularly for Marvel Comics and DC Comics and sporadically for independent companies. While he is best-known as an inker, Janson has frequently worked as a penciller and colorist.
[edit] Career
Jason first came to prominence as the inker over Sal Buscema's pencils on The Defenders in the mid-1970s, and since then he has worked on most of the major titles at Marvel and DC. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with writer-artist Frank Miller on an early 1980s run on Daredevil; another celebrated collaboration with Miller, on DC's Batman story Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, followed in 1986. Janson's long-time association with Miller broke down over scheduling and inking disputes during the production of Dark Knight, and the two have not worked together since. Janson has frequently pencilled and inked (notably over Gene Colan's pencils) for various Batman titles, including Gothic with Grant Morrison.
Jason wrote a short story in the anthology miniseries Batman: Black and White.
Janson has also been an inker and occasional penciler at Marvel Comics, working with John Romita, Jr. on Wolverine, Amazing Spider-Man and Black Panther. His other work includes Batman: Death and the Maidens, World War Hulk, The Dark Knight Returns, Battlestar Galactica, Superman, Logan’s Run, Legends of the Dark Knight and Terminator II.
Janson taught sequential storytelling for over ten years at the School of Visual Arts in New York City,[2] and has written both The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics and The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics. He is also involved with the New York Museum of Comic Book Art.
[edit] Awards
- Golden Apple Award for Best Artist; Anglo-Saxon Comics Festival[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; Page 107
- ^ a b Klaus Janson at the School of Visual Arts
