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Jill Thompson : biography

November 20, 1966 –

Jill Thompson (born November 20, 1966Comics Buyer’s Guide #1636 (December 2007); Page 135) is an American comic book writer and illustrator. Probably better known for her work on Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has also worked on The Invisibles, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman.

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Career

Jill Thompson illustrated The Sandman story arc Brief Lives (issues 41-49), and the individual Sandman issue "The Parliament of Rooks" (issue 40) in the Fables and Reflections collection. Within this tale she created the immensely popular characters of Li’l Death and Li’l Morpheus, childlike versions of two of the Endless based on classic comic characters Sugar and Spike; these (together with their siblings, the other five of the "Little Endless") were later given their own book.

She has since written and illustrated several stories featuring the Sandman characters; these include the manga-style book Death: At Death’s Door (one of DC’s best selling books of 2003)Arnold, Andrew D. (February 16, 2004). "Drawing In the Gals; Move over, guys. Graphics for girls are the hot new genre in Japanese comics". Time. Pg. 97 set during the events of Season of Mists, and The Little Endless Storybook, a children’s book using childlike versions of The Endless.

In 2005 Thompson wrote and illustrated the Dead Boy Detectives, an original graphic novel based on two minor characters from Season of Mists.

Several comic book characters have been modeled after Thompson’s likeness.

Also Jill dresses WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan

Awards and recognition

She has won multiple Eisner Awards, including in 2001 for best painter for Scary Godmother, 2004 for "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)" for her work on The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings,Price, Matthew. (July 30, 2004). "’Endless Nights’ wins Eisner Awards". The Oklahoman. Pg. 11D and in 2005 for "Best Short Story" for Unfamiliar (from The Dark Horse Book of the Dead) with Evan Dorkin.Price, Matthew. (July 29, 2005). "Eisner awards honor comic book excellence". The Oklahoman. Pg. 13D In 2011 the National Cartoonist Society named her Best Comic Book Artist for Beasts of Burden, beating out Stan Sakai and Chris Samnee.Gold, Mike. , ComicMix, May 29, 2011

Personal life

Thompson is married to fellow comic book writer Brian Azzarello, creator of 100 Bullets and former writer of Hellblazer and Batman.

Early life

Thompson is a graduate of The American Academy of Art in Chicago.Rockford Register Star staff. (November 7, 2005). "Meet a couple of comic book creators". The Rockford Register Star. Pg. 1E