Editing Jackson Guice (section)

==Biography==
Guice was born in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]].<ref name=comicbookdb>{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=502|title=Jackson Guice}}. Retrieved March 21, 2008.</ref> Growing up in the 1960s, Guice was fond of "the legendary stop-motion animator and filmmaker" [[Ray Harryhausen]], whose influence can be seen in some of Guice's work, most notably the [[Les Humanoïdes Associés|Humanoids]] project ''Olympus''.<ref name=olympus>{{cite news |url= http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7581|title= Scaling ''Olympus'' with Butch Guice|first= Matt|last= Brady|date= December 29, 2003 |work= [[Newsarama]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070310135630/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7581|archive-date=March 10, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all|access-date= March 3, 2012}}</ref>

===1980s===
Guice began his career with [[fanzine]] work and "designing patches and emblems for a small company in North Carolina."<ref name=toystory /> His first credited comics work was penciling and inking the independently published ''[[Southern Knights|The Crusaders]]'' #1 (November 1982), although he had previously ghosted for [[Pat Broderick]] on ''[[Rom (comics)|Rom]] Annual'' #1 (1982).<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Guice|title= Jackson Guice}}</ref> On the strength of his fanzine work, (and, Guice believes, at the behest of ''Rom'' writer [[Bill Mantlo]]) Marvel editor [[Al Milgrom]] offered him a tryout on the toy-spin-off title ''[[Micronauts (comics)|Micronauts]]''. Referring to ''Rom Annual'' #1 and ''Micronauts'' #48 (Dec. 1982), he remarked that "[b]oth were breaking points for me getting into comics".<ref name=toystory>{{cite journal|last = Johnson|first = Dan|title = Marvel's Toy Story: ''Rom's'' Sal Buscema and ''Micronauts''' Jackson Guice|journal = [[Back Issue!]]|issue = 16|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = May 2006|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref>

Guice continued penciling ''Micronauts'' until #58 (May 1984).<ref>{{cite journal|last= Lantz|first= James Heath|title= Inner-Space Opera: A Look at Marvel's Micronauts Comics|journal= Back Issue!|issue= 76|pages= 49–51|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|date= October 2014|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> In July 1983, "The Butch Guice Portfolio" appeared in the pages of ''Marvel Fanfare'' #9, and Guice contributed to ''The [[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe]]'', [[Chris Claremont]] and Bill Mantlo's ''[[X-Men]] and the Micronauts'' four-issue miniseries as well as occasional issues of a number of different titles. In 1984, he drew the Marvel Comics adaptation of ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' and inked ''[[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]]''. In 1986, he penciled ''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last1 = DeFalco|first1 = Tom|author-link = Tom DeFalco|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura |chapter= 1980s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher= [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year= 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 227|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= The original X-Men gathered in ''X-Factor'' #1 by Bob Layton and artist Jackson Guice.}}</ref> while concurrently contributing pencils to ''The [[New Mutants]]''. In mid-1987, he was credited with inks to "''Brian'' Guice" 's pencils for five issues of [[Adventure Publications]]' ''Adventurers'', which was written and edited by [[Scott Behnke]]. That same year, Guice collaborated on several different titles with writer [[Mike Baron]], including issues of [[First Comics]]' ''[[Badger (comics)|Badger]]'', ''[[Nexus (comics)|Nexus]]'' and ''The Chronicles of Corum''.<ref name="GCD" />  Guice worked with Baron on projects for [[DC Comics]]. He penciled ''[[Teen Titans|Teen Titans Spotlight]]'' #7 and #8, before gaining more popularity among DC readers with his work on the relaunched, post-''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' ''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'' #1.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Manning|first1= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah |chapter= 1980s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 228 |quote = Written by Mike Baron, with art by Jackson Guice, the Flash's new adventures began with his twentieth birthday party.}}</ref> This third ''Flash'' series featured [[Wally West]] after the demise of [[Barry Allen]] in the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' series. Guice drew ten of the first eleven issues.

In 1988–89, Guice produced a series of covers for the [[Quality Comics]]/[[Fleetway]] [[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]] reprint-title ''2000AD Showcase'', while penciling the ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' title for Marvel. In 1989 he became the artist on  ''[[Doctor Strange (comic book)|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme]]''.

===1990s===
Guice's cover for ''Doctor Strange'' #15 (March 1990) used [[Christian music]] singer [[Amy Grant]]'s likeness without her permission,<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/47723/ ''Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme'' #15] at the Grand Comics Database</ref> leading to her management filing a complaint against Marvel Comics, saying the cover gave the appearance she was associating with witchcraft. A US District Court sealed an out-of-court settlement between Grant and Marvel in early 1991, with a consent decree that Marvel did not admit to any liability or wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/28/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-144/ |title=Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #144 |first=Brian |last=Cronin |date=February 29, 2008 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411030227/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/28/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-144/ |archive-date=April 11, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all|access-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref><ref name="suit">{{cite journal|title = Amy Grant Sues Marvel|journal= [[The Comics Journal]]|issue = 136|publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]|date = July 1990|location= Seattle, Washington}}</ref><ref name="lawsuit">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB372DBA6203D26&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Plus Entertainment|access-date=December 6, 2007|publisher= [[Chicago Sun-Times]]|work=archived - Excerpt available|date=April 9, 1990}}</ref>

Guice and writer [[Walt Simonson]] co-created the Ahab character in ''Fantastic Four Annual'' #23 (1990).<ref>Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 251: "This first part [of the 'Days of Future Present' storyline], written by Walter Simonson, with art by Jackson Guice, marked the debut of Ahab, a denizen from this alternate future."</ref> In 1991, Guice took over penciling ''[[Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (comic book)|Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', before moving back to DC. Guice drew ''[[Action Comics]]'' #676–711 (April 1992–July 1995) and worked with writers [[Roger Stern]] and [[David Michelinie]]. During this run, Guice and Stern (along with editor [[Mike Carlin]], [[Dan Jurgens]], [[Louise Simonson]] and others) were the architects of "[[The Death of Superman]]" storyline, in which Superman died and was resurrected. Stern and Guice incorporated the [[Eradicator (comics)|Eradicator]] character into the "Reign of the Supermen" story arc beginning in ''The Adventures of Superman'' #500 (June 1993).<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 259: " The issue also featured four teaser comics that introduced a group of contenders all vying for the Superman name...The Eradicator returned in a preview tale by writer Roger Stern and artist Jackson Guice."</ref> Spinning out of that event, Stern and Guice collaborated on a  ''[[Supergirl (comic book)|Supergirl]]'' miniseries.<ref name="GCD" />

While drawing ''Action Comics'', he also worked with writer [[James Robinson (writer)|James Robinson]] on [[Dark Horse Comics]]' ''[[List of Terminator comics|The Terminator: Endgame]]'' miniseries (September–October 1992), and with [[Chris Claremont]] on the first four issues of the ''Aliens/Predator: The Deadliest of the Species'' (July 1993–January 1994).

Towards the end of 1995, Guice moved to [[Valiant Comics]], becoming the regular penciller of ''[[Eternal Warrior]]''.  Guice penciled part of the ''Sliders: Narcotica'' comic book, based on the TV series ''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]'' and written by the show's star [[Jerry O'Connell]]. Having Guice draw the series was:

<blockquote>"a personal treat for Jerry [O'Connell] as "Butch" Guice (as he used to be called during his successful run at Marvel Comics) was a favorite of his during his comic-reading years."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthprime.com/comics/jerry-oconnell-interview.html |title=Interview with Jerry O'Connell |date=n.d. |work=Sliders: Narcotica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208174733/http://earthprime.com/comics/jerry-oconnell-interview.html |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=March 3, 2012 }}</ref></blockquote>

Guice illustrated the four-issue ''[[Access (comics)|DC/Marvel: All Access]]'' mini-series<ref>Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 281: "In this four-issue miniseries, writer Ron Marz and artists Jackson Guice and Josef Rubinstein featured interesting pairings, such as Venom battling Superman."</ref> (December 1996–February 1997) follow-up to the cross-company ''[[DC vs. Marvel|DC Versus Marvel/Marvel Versus DC]]'' event. He was one of many artists to contribute to the landmark marriage of Superman and [[Lois Lane]] in ''[[Superman: The Wedding Album]]'' (December 1996).  In May 1997, Guice launched ''[[Resurrection Man (DC Comics)|Resurrection Man]]'' with writers [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Andy Lanning]],<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 279: "The writing team of Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett alongside the art of Jackson "Butch" Guice introduced readers to a new kind of hero in ''Resurrection Man''."</ref> pencilling all 27 issues and inking most of them including the special #1,000,000 issue for the ''[[DC One Million]]'' event. The series was cancelled in August 1999.

===2000s===
In March 2000, Guice became the artist on ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'' for issues #15 to #34. In addition, Guice drew a "Robin and Oracle" story in ''Batman: Gotham City Secret Files and Origins'' and the ''[[Universe X]] Spidey'' one-shot, from Marvel. After his run on ''Birds of Prey'', Guice left DC Comics and moved to [[Tampa, Florida]] to work for [[CrossGen]]. He was brought in to launch ''[[Ruse (comics)|Ruse]]'' with writer [[Mark Waid]], in November 2001. Effectively a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[steampunk]] [[detective fiction|detective]] story, although set on an analogue of Earth in the far-distant future, and part of CrossGen's '[[Sigilverse]]'. Guice continued as the penciller of ''Ruse'' until its cancellation with #26 (January 2004). Guice resigned from CrossGen "just prior to the layoffs" and before the remaining staff were released from "exclusivity status".<ref name=olympus />

Writer [[Geoff Johns]], "one of [[Les Humanoïdes Associés|Humanoids]]' biggest supporters from the very beginning of [their] US publishing program,"  pitched a story with [[Kris Grimminger]] featuring "every great monster from [[Greek mythology]], from [[Medusa]] to the [[Stymphalian Birds]]."<ref name=olympus /> Humanoids editor Paul Benjamin began the search "throughout the world for a great artist who would appeal to both an American and a European audience. Butch was always on our mind for the book, but he was busy drawing Ruse for CrossGen. We began talking to Butch once he became available and Olympus was a perfect fit."<ref name=olympus />

Guice said of Humanoids and ''Olympus'':

<blockquote>"I've been interested in working with Paul Benjamin and Humanoids for several years now... [their] approach to their material, both in quality and design of product as well as the extensive worldwide market they've cultivated with a variety of genres, held enormous interest for me. After my resignation from the CrossGen staff, I contacted Paul and we started talking about possibilities. Once I read the two scripts for Olympus, I knew it was exactly the type of thing I would enjoy drawing. Having it be written by Geoff and Kris was a very pleasurable bonus."<ref name=olympus /></blockquote>

Although intended as two volumes, to date, only the first has seen print. This is likely due to the lapsing of Humanoids US-distribution deal with DC,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/111761105555397.htm|title= Olympus|first= Shaun|last= Manning|date= June 1, 2005|publisher= [[ComicsBulletin.com]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081123122807/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/111761105555397.htm|archive-date=November 23, 2008|url-status= dead|df=mdy-all|access-date= March 3, 2012|quote= [''Olympus'' Vol. 1] looks to be one of the final books of the DC/Humanoids partnership...}}</ref> as Guice said in December 2003, while working on Volume One that that book "wraps in March [2004]", which he then "scheduled to start work on volume two almost immediately".<ref name=olympus />

After leaving CrossGen, Guice worked with writer [[Warren Ellis]] on a six-issue story-arc entitled "New Maps of Hell" for DC's ''JLA: Classified'' title and then worked on the "[[One Year Later]]" revamp of Aquaman, in [[Kurt Busiek]]'s ''[[Aquaman|Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis]]'', debuting with #40 of the previous ''Aquaman'' title.<ref name="GCD" /> Guice stayed for eight issues, and Busiek said of his artist colleague:

<blockquote>"Aside from being a terrific artist and strong storyteller, Butch can really make you believe in the exotic fantasy worlds of the [[Atlantis (DC Comics)|Atlantic]] oceanscape. And he draws a great [[King Shark]] -- and a creepy Dweller, to boot. And cool warriors, gorgeous women, strange creatures and more. He's the perfect guy for this book, and I've wanted to work with him for years."<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Aquaman/swordofatlantis.htm |title= Kurt Busiek talks ''Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis''|date= December 9, 2005|work= Newsarama|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516210310/http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Aquaman/swordofatlantis.htm|archive-date=May 16, 2008|url-status= dead|df=mdy-all|access-date= March 3, 2012}}</ref></blockquote>

In 2007, Guice provided rotating art duties for ''[[The Invincible Iron Man (comics)|The Invincible Iron Man]]'', with issue #19–20's ''[[World War Hulk]]'' tie-in issue and became inker on ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' for #32–34, and then taking over full duties as of #35. Guice penciled a miniseries taking place in the [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate Universe]], entitled ''[[Ultimate Origins]]'' written by [[Brian Michael Bendis]]. Bendis wrote of Guice "I've been a fan of his for years and years, and when I saw what he was doing in ''Iron Man'' [with Gage]... I had to have him."<ref>{{cite news |url= http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=116896|title= Heroes Con/WW Philly '07: Brian Bendis on ''Ultimate Origin''|first= Matt|last= Brady|date= June 16, 2007|work= Newsarama|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071010035017/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=116896|archive-date=October 10, 2007|url-status= dead|df=mdy-all|access-date= March 3, 2012}}</ref> Guice was the penciler on the Wildstorm mini-series ''Storming Paradise'', written by [[Chuck Dixon]].