Jae Lee

Jae Lee (born 1972)

Beginning in 2007, Lee worked with artist Richard Isanove and writers Robin Furth and Peter David on Marvel Comics' The Dark Tower comic series, based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower novels. Lee illustrated the first three miniseries in that series, The Gunslinger Born, The Long Road Home and Treachery. He returned for the fifth book in the series, Battle of Jericho Hill. He also provided cover and interior illustrations for the Donald M. Grant edition of King's eighth Dark Tower novel, The Wind Through the Keyhole, which was released February 21, 2012.^[9]

At

In January 2023 it was reported that Lee would be drawing one of the three Rocketeer in IDW Publishing's upcoming one-shot anthology, The Rocketeer. The project was first conceived by filmmakers Kelvin Mao and Robert Windom, who had discovered during production of their documentary, Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection, which focused on the creator of the Rocketeer, Dave Stevens, that Danny Bilson and the late Paul De Meo, who wrote the screenplay to the 1991 feature film adaptation The Rocketeer, had written an unpublished Rocketeer comics story. After hiring Adam Hughes to illustrate that story, Lee was hired to draw one of the other stories in the book, a four-page story of the Rocketeer fighting a Japanese Zero fighter plane in the South Pacific, written by Windom, who described it as "dreamy contemplation on life and love."^[13]

Awards and nominations

• 1999 Eisner Award for Best New Series, for Inhumans vol. 2, with Paul Jenkins^[7]
• Nominated: 2002 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist, for
  Fantastic Four: 1234^[14]

• Action Comics vol. 2 #38 (among other artists) (2015)
• Batman: Jekyll & Hyde miniseries, #1–3 (of 6) (2005)
• Batman/Superman
  #1–4, 8–9, 13, Annual #1 (2013–2014)
• Ozymandias
  miniseries, #1–6 (2012–2013)
• Fables #146 (among other artists) (2015)
• Superman: American Alien #4 (2016)

Image Comics

Marvel Comics

Other publishers

• Dreamwave
  , 2003)
• Verotika #3 (Verotik, 1995)

Books

• The Illustrated Dracula by Bram Stoker (Viking Studio, 2006)
• The Dark Tower:
  The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King - Limited Edition (Donald M. Grant, Publisher
  , 2012)

Film

Jae Lee provided the artwork for the portrait of

Death in the 2019 animated short DC Showcase: Death

, as well as several sketch drawings seen during the end credits.

References

1. ^ "Jae Lee". Lambiek Comiclopedia. July 7, 2013. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012.
2. ^ ^{a b} Jae Lee at the Grand Comics Database
3. Senreich, Matthew (February 1997) "Catching Up With...Jae Lee and 'Hellshock'". Wizard
   #66. p. 20
4. ^ Lantz, James Heath (September 2016). "Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner: Scion of the Deep or Royal Pain?". Back Issue! (91). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 56–59.
5. ISBN 978-0756641238. The 'X-Cutioner's Song' [was] an epic twelve-part crossover showcasing the various X-teams' battle with the Cable-clone Stryfe. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
   )
6. ^ Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 290: "In this twelve-issue Marvel Knights limited series, writer Paul Jenkins and artist Jae Lee put a realistic face on the denizens of the mystical city of Attilan."
7. ^ ^{a b} "1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
8. ^ Manning "2000s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 302
9. ^ "The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole". Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, Publisher. 2012. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
10. ^ Hyde, David (February 1, 2012). "DC Entertainment Officially Announces Before Watchmen". DC Comics. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
11. ^ Truitt, Brian (February 21, 2013). "Batman/Superman showcases meeting of DC Comics icons". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 10, 2013.
12. ISBN 978-1465424563. How that team-up [of Batman and Superman] began remained a mystery. Writer Greg Pak and artists Jae Lee and Ben Oliver decided to fill in that gap. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
13. Johnston, Rich (January 18, 2023). "Adam Hughes, Jae Lee & Craig Cermak Draw New Rocketeer Comic". Bleeding Cool. Archived
    from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
14. ^ "2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jae Lee.

• Official website
• Jae Lee at The Art of Jae Lee
• Jae Lee at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Jae Lee at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
• Jae Lee at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

Preceded by John Byrne	Namor the Sub-Mariner artist 1992–1993	Succeeded by Jimmy Palmiotti
Preceded by Mark Pacella	X-Factor artist 1992–1993	Succeeded by Joe Quesada
Preceded by Klaus Janson	Spider-Man artist 1993–1994	Succeeded by Tom Lyle