Jim Lawson (born February 19, 1960; 64 years old) is an American comic book illustrator best known for his work on the Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series at Mirage Studios, eventually becoming the series' main artist during volume 1 and remained throughout volumes 2 and 4. Lawson created the Rat King and Shadow Jones, and also co-created the series Planet Racers with Peter Laird, and is the writer and artist of the black-and-white comic series Paleo: Tales of the Late Cretaceous. For more than 20 years Lawson was the author and artist of TMNT comics, but in 2009, after Peter Laird's surprise sale of TMNT to Viacom, Lawson announced he was leaving Mirage. He still draws TMNT art which he posts on Facebook, and more rarely draws alternative cover art for the IDW comics as well as cover art for newer trade paperback releases of Mirage and Archie TMNT comics.
Jim Lawson was a participant in the 1988 drafting of the Creator's Bill of Rights.
Credits[]
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Mirage[]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #9: The Passing (September 1986) - inks (with Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Michael Dooney & Ryan Brown)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Book I (November 1986)
- New Comic Day! - inks
- Gobbledygook #1 (December 1986)
- Crazy Man - inks (with Ryan Brown)
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #1: A Tale of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (May 1987) - layouts, pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #4 (2nd printing, May 1987)
- The Survival Game - pencils
- Quest for Dreams Lost (July 1987)
- Word Warriors - inks (with Ryan Brown)
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #2: Nobody's Fool! (July 1987) - layouts, pencils
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #3: All Hallow's Thieves (October 1987) - layouts, pencils, frontispiece (with Kevin Eastman)
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #4: I, Monster (January 1988) - story, pencils
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #5: Complete Carnage and Radical (May 1988) - issue (with Ryan Brown & Steve Lavigne)
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #6: Leatherhead (August 1988) - pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #15: Dome Doom! (August 1988) - inks
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #3: The Great Chase (2nd printing, November 1988) - cover (with Peter Laird)
- Complete Carnage an' Radical - inks
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #19: Return to New York, book one (March 1989) - cover, pencils
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #7: The Return of Savanti Romero! (April 1989) - pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #20: Return to New York, book two (April 1989) - cover, pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #21: Return to New York, book three (May 1989) - cover, pencils
- Shell Shock (December 1989)
- Bottoming Out - pencils
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 TPB (December 1989)
- untitled Nobody story - script, pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #28: Sons of the Silent Age (February 1990) - cover, pencils (with Kevin Eastman & Rick Veitch), inks (with Eastman & Veitch)
- Michaelangelo: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (2nd printing, December 1990)
- A Christmas Carol - story, art
- Turtle Soup V2 #3 (January 1992)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #48: Shades of Gray (June 1992, originally as "Shades of Gray, part 1") - script (with Peter Laird), pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #49: Ripplings (July 1992, originally as "Shades of Gray, part 2") - script (with Peter Laird), pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #50: City at War, part 1 of 13 (August 1992) - pin-up
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles V1 #51-#62: City at War, part 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 of 13 (September 1992-August 1993) - script (with Peter Laird), pencils
- TMNT V4 #1 (December 2001) - pencils
- TMNT V4 #3 (April 2002) - pencils
- TMNT V4 #8 (February 2003) - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #1: Not Forgotten (January 2004) - frontispiece, layouts
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #2: Seeds of Destruction (March 2004) - cover (with Eric Talbot), pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #3 (July 2004)
- The Grape - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #5: Blind Faith (September 2004) - cover (with Peter Laird), story, pencils
- TMNT V4 #18 (October 2004) - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #6 (November 2004)
- The Raisin' - art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #7: Darkness Weaves (January 2005) - cover (with Eric Talbot), pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #8 (February 2005) - letters page art
- The Risen - art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #9: The Path (March 2005) - cover (with Eric Talbot), story, art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #10 (April 2005)
- The Question - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #12: Paris Nocturne (June 2005) - breakdowns
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #14 (August 2005)
- First Mud - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #15: Hell's Blacktop (September 2005) - cover (with Eric Talbot), plot (with Stephen Murphy, Talbot & Peter Laird), pencils
- Apocalypse Vow - art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #17: Wrong Turn (November 2005) - cover (with Eric Talbot), plot (with Stephen Murphy & Peter Laird), script, art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #18: The Blue Hole (December 2005) - breakdowns
- Altered Fates - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #20 (February 2006)
- The Cure - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #21: A (Bull) Wrinkle in Time (March 2006) - breakdowns
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #23: Attack of the Replicants (May 2006) - breakdowns
- Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight, Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight issue 1 (June 2006) - story, art
- Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight issue 2 (July 2006) - story, art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #25: Kung-Fu Theatre (July 2006) - pencils
- The Doors of Deception - pencils
- Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight issue 3 (August 2006) - story, art
- Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight issue 4 (September 2006) - story, art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #34: Splinter Cell (May 2007) - cover (with Dan Berger & Eric Talbot), art
- Raphael: Bad Moon Rising #1: The Calling (July 2007) - pencils
- Raphael: Bad Moon Rising #2: The Taking (August 2007) - pencils
- Raphael: Bad Moon Rising #3: The Catch (September 2007) - pencils
- Raphael: Bad Moon Rising #4: The Win (October 2007) - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #42: The Curious Case of Mr. Jones (January 2008) - art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #43: The Proposal (February 2008) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #45: Rocks (April 2008) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), plot (with Peter Laird), script, art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #46: Temps (May 2008) - cover (with Eric Talbot), pencils, inks (with Gary Fields, Dan Berger & Michael Dooney)
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #55: Day in the Life (February 2009) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #47: The Secret Origins of the Super Turtles!!! (July 2008) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #48: The Decider! (July 2008) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #49: Mined Games (August 2008) - frontispiece (with Steve Lavigne), art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #53: Alien Invaders (December 2008) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), script, pencils, inks
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #55: Day in the Life (February 2009) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #57: Gangs All Here (April 2009) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #60: Nobody Does It Better (July 2009) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #63: Monster Island (October 2009) - pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #64: The Burning Man (November 2009) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), pencils
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #66: There's No Place Like Home (January 2010) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), art
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #68: Heroes in a Half Cell (March 2010) - art
- A Klunk Adventure - art, story
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #70: Zog (May 2010) - plot (with Eric Talbot), script, pencils, cover (with Talbot & Steve Lavigne)
- Tales of the TMNT V2 #71: The Paradox of Chudnovsky (produced 2007, published 2011) - pencils, frontispiece (with Marina Prokopyeva & Arseniy Dubakov)
- TMNT V4 #32 (produced 2007, published May 2014) - layouts, pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 30th Anniversary Special (May 21, 2014)
- Night of the Ninja Girl - art, story
Palladium[]
- Mutants Down Under (1988) - illustrations
- Transdimensional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) - illustrations
- Rifts World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign (1996) - illustrations
Archie[]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #7: Intergalactic Wrestling (December 1989) - pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #9: Codename: Chameleon (March 1990) - pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #10: Going Down? (May 1990) - pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #11: White Light (June 1990) - pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #24: Gimme Danger! (September 1991) - pencils (with Garrett Ho)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #61: Once, Again, Always (October 1994) - pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #67 (April 1995)
- North to Alaska, Part 1 - letters
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #68 (May 1995)
- North to Alaska, Part 2 - letters
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #69 (June 1995)
- North to Alaska, Part 3 - letters
IDW[]
Other[]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (August 1990) - pencils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic strip (December 1990-January 1997) - with other creators
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie II: The Secret of the Ooze (August 1991) - cover (with Steve Lavigne), pencils, inks
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash-Up (September 2009) - cut scene illustrations (with Eric Talbot), pack-in comic book
Characters[]
- Ace Duck (with Ryan Brown & Stephen Murphy)
- The Baron (with Tristan Huw Jones)
- Blind Ninja
- Louis Braunze (with Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird)
- Chiton (with Bill Moulage)
- E'ro'chk / Soowiiksa (with Peter Laird)
- Al'Falqa
- Glurin (with Peter Laird)
- Clone of Hamato Splinter (with Peter Laird)
- Homeless Man (Blind Sight)
- Lord Incubor (with Bill Moulage)
- Gabrielle Jones (with Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird)
- Shadow Jones
- King of Thieves (with Ryan Brown)
- Kubira
- Leonardo's Daimyō
- Leonardo's Wife (Blind Sight)
- Lilith (with Stephen Murphy & Eric Talbot)
- Officer Longer / Nobody / The Herald (with Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird)
- Lucrezia (with Bill Moulage)
- Professor Obligado (with Stephen Murphy)
- Oceana (with Bill Moulage)
- Cha Ocho (with Peter Laird)
- Oroku Yoshi (with Peter Laird)
- Planet Racers (with Peter Laird)
- Raptarr
- Rat King
- Shredder Clones (with Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird)
- Sloane (with Stephen Murphy & Eric Talbot)
- Stanley Stobbs / Lobsterdude (with Ryan Brown & Stephen Murphy)
- Trap (with Stephen Murphy)
- Triceraton at DARPA
- T'Zirk (with Peter Laird)
- Xitor (with Stephen Murphy)
- Yumi
External links[]
- Jim Lawson Illustration on Facebook
- Jim Lawson's blog
- Newsarama interview with Jim Lawson
- Expanded bio at Lambiek.net
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