Editing Gary Panter (section)

=== Jimbo and comics ===
Panter created [[Jimbo (comics)|Jimbo]], his punk [[everyman]], in 1974.<ref name="NYT2017" /> Jimbo embodies elements of [[Jack Kirby]] and [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]].<ref name="NYT2017" /> The character was a regular feature in ''Slash'', ''[[Raw (comics magazine)|Raw]]'', and has been featured in his own comic book series and several graphic novels.

Panter's good friend [[Matt Groening]]<ref>{{cite video |title=Matt Groening on Gary Panter, May 27th, Los Angeles |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyrVrymqH54 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/ZyrVrymqH54 |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |url-status=live |language=en |access-date=October 23, 2021 |publisher=Dan Nadel |via=YouTube |date=June 13, 2008}}</ref> said of Jimbo, "He and his friends are always up against systems of control... Jimbo is a wild combo-platter of brilliant drawing and stuff you didn't know could be done with mere pen and ink."<ref name="NYT2017">{{cite news |title=When a Comic Book Hillbilly and Milton Collide |first=Dana |last=Jennings |date=July 21, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/books/when-a-comic-book-hillbilly-and-milton-collide.html}}</ref> Groening has also stated that Jimbo's spiky hair inspired the design of [[Bart Simpson]].<ref name="NYT2021">{{cite news |department=Graphic Content |title=Gary Panter's Jagged, Shape-Shifting Antihero Was Made for Our Moment |first=Ed |last=Park |date=April 5, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/books/review/gary-panter-jimbo-adventures-in-paradise-crashpad.html}}</ref>

''Jimbo in Purgatory'' ([[Fantagraphics]], 2004) and ''[[Jimbo's Inferno]]'' (Fantagraphics, 2006) are graphic novels combining classical literature, particularly [[Dante]]'s ''[[Divine Comedy]]'', with pop and punk culture sensibilities. ''Jimbo's Inferno'' received an [[American Book Award]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title='Jimbo' Gets American Book Award |work=[[ICv2]] |date=October 30, 2007 |url=https://icv2.com/print/article/11559}}</ref>