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Klaus Janson

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics creator Klaus Janson (born January 23, 1952)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is an American comics artist, working regularly for Marvel Comics and DC Comics and sporadically for independent companies. While he is best known as an inker, Janson has frequently worked as a penciller and colorist.

Early lifeEdit

Klaus Janson was born in Coburg, West Germany.<ref name="lambiek">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He emigrated to the United States in 1957, settling with his family in Connecticut,<ref name="lambiek"/> where he lived in Bridgeport from 1957 to 1972.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> When he was young, his Spider-Man collection was thrown away by his mother. Janson then became interested in the premiering character Daredevil, who wasn't popular among Janson's friends.<ref>introduction to "Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Omnibus"</ref>

CareerEdit

After a short stint as assistant to Dick Giordano in the early 1970s,<ref name=MoCCA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Janson's first credited comics artwork was published by Marvel Comics in Jungle Action #6 (Sept. 1973).<ref name="GCD">Template:Gcdb</ref> Janson came to prominence as the inker over Sal Buscema's pencils on The Defenders. Since then he has freelanced on most of the major titles at Marvel and DC. In 1975 he began a long run as inker on Daredevil, running from #124 (Aug. 1975) to #196 (July 1983). With #171 the series went from bi-monthly to monthly; unable to handle the increased workload, then-writer/penciler Frank Miller began increasingly relying on Janson for the artwork, sending him looser and looser pencils beginning with #173.<ref name="Back21">Template:Cite journal</ref> By issue #185, Miller had virtually relinquished his role as Daredevil's artist, and was providing only rough layouts for Janson to pencil, ink, and color.<ref name="Back21"/> After Miller's departure, Janson drew the series by himself for four issues.

Janson began working for DC Comics in the early 1980s and inked Gene Colan's pencils on Detective Comics and Jemm, Son of Saturn.<ref name="GCD" /> Janson was one of the artists on Superman #400 (Oct. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> His collaboration with Miller on Daredevil would soon be eclipsed by a second collaboration between them, on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns in 1986.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Janson has frequently pencilled and inked for various Batman titles, including the first Detective Comics Annual with writer Dennis O'Neil,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> "Gothic" with Grant Morrison,<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 186: "Grant Morrison stepped up to the plate to pen [Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight's] next five-issue storyline, illustrated by Klaus Janson."</ref> and "Knightfall" with Doug Moench.<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 259: "'Knightfall' was a nineteen-part crossover event that passed through the pages of...the Showcase '93 Two-Face feature scripted by Doug Moench and drawn by Klaus Janson."</ref> In 1994, Janson drew the Batman-Spawn: War Devil intercompany crossover which was written by Moench, Chuck Dixon, and Alan Grant.<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 267: "Fans were also treated to a companion special entitled Batman-Spawn...by writers Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, and Alan Grant, and artist Klaus Janson."</ref> Janson wrote a short story in the anthology miniseries Batman: Black and White #3 (August 1996).<ref name="GCD" /> Janson drew part of the "Cataclysm" crossover as well.<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 283: "The seventeen-part 'Cataclysm' storyline showed a Gotham City devastated by an earthquake."</ref>

Janson and writer Mike Baron introduced the character Microchip as an ally of the Punisher in The Punisher #4 (November 1987).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1993, Janson drew a three-part story featuring Electro for Spider-Man #38–40.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Janson inked the early issues of The Sensational Spider-Man which had been written and penciled by Dan Jurgens.<ref>Cowsill "1990s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 224: "The new Spidey title felt fresh and exciting...Issue #0, written and penciled by Dan Jurgens, with Klaus Janson inking, provided a quick recap for latecomers."</ref> Janson's work as an inker and occasional penciler at Marvel Comics includes collaborations with John Romita Jr. on Wolverine, The Amazing Spider-Man and Black Panther. His other work includes Batman: Death and the Maidens,<ref>Manning "2000s" in Dougall, p. 269: "Writer Greg Rucka and artist Klaus Janson created this series that delved into the family tree of [Ra's al Ghul]."</ref> World War Hulk, Battlestar Galactica, Logan's Run, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. In 2010, he inked Romita Jr.'s pencils on The Avengers.<ref name="GCD" /> and in 2014 the two artists collaborated on Superman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Janson was one of the artists on The Dark Knight III: The Master Race which was co-written by Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Janson has taught sequential storytelling at the School of Visual Arts in New York City since the 1990s<ref name=SVA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has written both The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics and The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics. Janson also holds annual seminars at Marvel for the editorial staff and their up-and-coming artists, and taught short courses on comics storytelling for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art.<ref name=MoCCA/>

In 2015, Janson was the Guest of Honor at the 2015 Inkwell Awards Awards Ceremony at HeroesCon.<ref name="Inkwell Awards Guest of Honor Klaus Janson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

AwardsEdit

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  • 2010 Inkwell Award The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2013 Harvey Award for Best Inker for Captain America<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2013 Inkwell Award for Favorite Inker<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2015 Inkwell Awards Guest of Honor<ref name="Inkwell Awards Guest of Honor Klaus Janson" />
  • 2016 Harvey Award for Best Inker for The Dark Knight III: The Master Race<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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BibliographyEdit

ImageEdit

  • Sacred Creatures #1–8 (2018)

Atlas/Seaboard ComicsEdit

  • Wulf the Barbarian #1–2 (1975)

DC ComicsEdit

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