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Jim Rugg (born February 1, 1977) is an American cartoonist and illustrator from

The P.L.A.I.N. Janes and Janes in Love, One Model Nation, and The Guild
.

Rugg has also produced short comics for VH1, New York magazine, True Porn, Meathaus, Cinema Sewer, Strange Tales, the SPX Annual, Project: Superior, Dark Horse Presents, and the Next Issue Project.

Rugg also co-hosted the YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe with fellow Pittsburgh native cartoonist Ed Piskor.

Biography

Rugg's influences include

Arrested Development, the films of Wes Anderson, Kōbō Abe’s writing, Todd Hido’s photography, and Toba Khedoori's drawings and paintings.[1] He has a BFA in graphic design and painting from a small liberal arts college.[1]

While working as a graphic designer, Rugg met and began working with writer

mini-comic, where it eventually found its way to the publisher Slave Labor Graphics.[1]
The first five issues of Street Angel were collected as a trade paperback by SLG Publishing in 2005.

After the cancellation of a video game project and The P.L.A.I.N. Janes series in 2008, Rugg considered leaving the comics business.[2] His fortunes began turning around in 2009, when he began working on Image Comics' One Model Nation and Dark Horse Comics' The Guild.

In 2010 Rugg (along with co-writer Maruca) released

pimp character depicted in adventures that cross multiple comics styles, from space aliens and flying saucers to dinosaurs to Richard Nixon to Hercules to giant monsters to Dracula. Afrodisiac's production design faithfully evokes the visual style of old comic books, down to faded color schemes and wrinkled, creased covers.[2]

On March 30, 2024, Rugg announced that he had decided to end his professional relationship, such as Cartoonist Kayfabe, with Ed Piskor as a result of allegations against Piskor. Because of a number of factors, Piskor committed suicide two days later.[3]

Rugg currently teaches in the MFA Visual Narrative program at the School of Visual Arts.

Awards

Rugg was nominated for a 2010

Rambo 3.5. In 2011, Afrodisiac was nominated for an Eisner Award in the humor category, and in 2015, Rugg won the Eisner for best publication design for Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream.[4]

He served on the Ignatz Award jury in 2006.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c d White, Adam. "The Jim Rugg Experience," Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine ComicCritique.com (2005).
  2. ^ a b c Smith, Zack. "Soul comics: Jim Rugg discusses Afrodisiac," Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine IndyWeek.com (Feb. 3, 2010).
  3. ^ Roe, Mike (April 1, 2024). "Ed Piskor, 'Hip Hop Family Tree' Comic Book Artist, Dies at 41". TheWrap. Archived from the original on Apr 1, 2024. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Pittsburgh cartoonists Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg win Eisner Awards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  5. ^ "HULK GRAND DESIGN MONSTER #1 (JAN220934)". www.previewsworld.com. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  6. ^ "HULK GRAND DESIGN MADNESS #1 (FEB220882)". www.previewsworld.com. Retrieved 2022-04-27.

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