Jim Lawson (comics)

Jim Lawson (born February 19, 1960)[1] is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. Lawson created the Rat King and also co-created the series Planet Racers with Peter Laird. He is also the writer/artist of the black-and white-comic series Paleo: Tales of the Late Cretaceous. For more than 20 years he was a writer and artist of TMNT comics, but in 2009 he announced that he would depart from TMNT[2] following Peter Laird's sale of the property to Viacom.

Jim Lawson
Jim Lawson at the 2008 New York Comic Con
Born (1960-02-19) February 19, 1960
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Letterer
Notable works
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
CollaboratorsPeter Laird

Lawson graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional High School.[3]

Career

In 2013 Lawson launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new project, a graphic novel series called Dragonfly.[4]

Lawson was a participant in the 1988 drafting of the Creators' Bill of Rights.[5]

On February 19, 2019, Lawson launched a Kickstarter campaign for his independent graphic novel and trade paperback, Dragonfly and Hellride. The campaign offered a reward for $1500, to the buyer who received the book's property rights.[6]

References
  1. Miller, John Jackson. "Comics Industry Birthdays", Comics Buyer's Guide, June 10, 2005. Accessed January 1, 2011. WebCitation archive.
  2. Lawson, Jim (October 22, 2009) "The Sale of the TMNTs". Boxburning, Blogger.
  3. "Past and Future Meet at HVRHS's 75th Anniversary". The Lakeville Journal. Lakeville, Connecticut: The Lakeville Journal Company. September 25, 2014. p. A9. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. Lawson, Jim (January 25, 2013 ). "DRAGONFLY: An adventure tale of dinosauric proportions!". Kickstarter.
  5. "The Creator's Bill of Rights". at scottmccloud.com. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  6. Lawson, Jim (February 2019 ). "Dragonfly and Hellride". Kickstarter.
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