“Inception” is a science-fiction thriller about deceiving people through their dreams and at first glance there couldn’t be a better candidate for a mainly CGI approach. Lee has received a Harvey Award, Inkpot Award and three Wizard Fan Awards in recognition for his work.Ĭhristopher Nolan (Liz Baylen/Los Angeles Times) On February 18, 2010, Jim Lee was announced as the new Co-Publisher of DC Comics, replacing Paul Levitz in an attempt by Time Warner to salvage the troubled comics division which had been alienating fans with increasingly troubling reinventions and mishandling of iconic characters such as Batman, Catwoman, Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, in stunts that could not even be called storylines that seemed to have no purpose but to disappoint, anger and offend. Eschewing the role of publisher in order to return to illustration, Lee sold Wildstorm in 1998 to DC Comics, where he continued to run Wildstorm as a DC imprint until DC ended Wildstorm in 2010, as well as illustrating successful books set in DC’s main fictional universe, such as the year-long “Batman: Hush” and “Superman: For Tomorrow” storylines. In 1992 Lee and several other artists formed their own publishing company, Image Comics, to publish their creator-owned titles, with Lee publishing his titles through his studio, Wildstorm Productions, such as WildC.A.T.s and Gen¹³. X-Men #1, the 1991 spinoff series premiere that Lee penciled and co-wrote with Chris Claremont, remains the best-selling comic book of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. He first broke into the industry in 1987 as an artist for Marvel Comics, illustrating titles such as Alpha Flight and Punisher War Journal, before gaining a great deal of popularity on The Uncanny X-Men. Jim Lee is a Korean-American comic book artist, writer, editor and publisher. You don’t have to be a comics fan to appreciate the talent of Jim Lee and his artistic team. It gives an extraordinary peak at how the final products evolve from rough sketches and I frankly am absorbing new tricks with each page I study. It is truly an astonishing collection and for the closet artist who loves graphite, charcoal, ink or has struggled with depth perception and light/shadow this is an excellent learning tool. As an enormous fan of drawing I immediately purchased some of the comics he has illustrated and finally picked this up. Only recently did I discover his art was in comic books. I first saw one of Jim Lee’s images on a web search engine ages ago. The DC Comics & Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee (Hardcover) Not really a comic fan, but a HUGE art fan! Jim Lee is truly the last best hope for DC Comics and a rediscovery of the real Icons of the Superhero World. Suckers posting those horrid pictures of Adam Hughes Catwoman all over the internet should be sat down and forced to read this book until their eyes bleed.
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