James Jean


The Taiwanese born, New Jersey raised, Eisner winning illustrator James Jean is probably best know in the comics world for his award-winning covers for the "Fables" series. For more info, visit JamesJean.com and ProcessRecess.com.

Asian American comic book creators have been nominated in multiple categories for this year's Eisner Awards. Click here to see all the nominees; see below for a list of the Asian American nominees. (Full disclosure: Ann Marie Fleming is Asian Canadian and Shaun Tan is Asian Australian, but we'll take 'em!)

Congrats to all!

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Johnny Hiro #1, by Fred Chao (AdHouse)

Best New Series
Johnny Hiro, by Fred Chao (AdHouse)

Best Humor Publication
Johnny Hiro, by Fred Chao (AdHouse)

Best Reality-Based Work
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, by Ann Marie Fleming (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)

Best Graphic Album-New
The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
Bookhunter, by Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Books)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)

Best Writer/Artist
Shaun Tan, The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)

Best Writer/Artist-Humor
Fred Chao, Johnny Hiro (AdHouse)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)

Best Painter or Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Ann-Marie Fleming, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)

Best Cover Artist
James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
Jim Lee, All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (DC); World of Warcraft (WildStorm/DC)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Comic Foundry, edited by Tim Leong (Comic Foundry)

Best Publication Design
Process Recess 2, designed by James Jean and Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)


Acclaimed comic book artist and illustrator James Jean has entered the fashion world, contributing art to Prada clothes and bags. Comics212.net has the scoop -- along with lots of pretty pictures!

James Jean picked up the Gold Award in Comics for the cover to FABLES #66 and the Best in Show award for the cover to FABLES #67 at the recent Spectrum competition for fantastic art.

Click here for the full list of winners.

For more about the Taiwanese born, New Jersey raised, Eisner winning SVA grad visit JamesJean.com and his art blog, processrecess.com. And Theme Magazine has a nice profile from 2007.

All James Jean Entries

04.15.08Asian Americans score approximately one billion Eisner nominations
03.30.08James Jean designs for Prada
03.01.08James Jean wins two Spectrum awards