While working as a graphic designer, Rugg met and began working with writer Brian Maruca. The result, Street Angel, was self-published as a mini-comic, where it eventually found its way to the publisher Slave Labor Graphics.[1] The first five issues of Street Angel were collected as a trade paperback by SLG Publishing in 2005.
After the cancellation of a video game project and The P.L.A.I.N. Janes series in 2008, Rugg considered leaving the comics business.[2] His fortunes began turning around in 2009, when he began working on Image Comics' One Model Nation and Dark Horse Comics' The Guild.
In 2010 Rugg (along with co-writer Maruca) released Afrodisiac, collecting stories previously published in anthologies along with new material. (The character first appeared in the pages of Street Angel).[2] The book is a detailed pastiche of 1970s "trash" culture, especially the blaxploitation heroic archetype. The titular hero is an over-the-top '70s-era, kung fu-fighting pimp character depicted in adventures that cross multiple comics styles, from space aliens and flying saucers to dinosaurs to Richard Nixon to Hercules to giant monsters to Dracula. Afrodisiac's production design faithfully evokes the visual style of old comic books, down to faded color schemes and wrinkled, creased covers.[2]
He currently teaches in the MFA Visual Narrative program at the School of Visual Arts.
Awardsedit
Rugg was nominated for a 2010 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic for Rambo 3.5. In 2011, Afrodisiac was nominated for an Eisner Award in the humor category, and in 2015, Rugg won the Eisner for best publication design for Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream.[3]
rugg, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk, page, . This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Jim Rugg news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jim Rugg born February 1 1977 is an American cartoonist and illustrator from Pittsburgh known for his tongue in cheek evocation of 1970s era comics and pop culture His graphic novels and comics collections include Street Angel Afrodisiac The P L A I N Janes and Janes in Love One Model Nation and The Guild Jim RuggRugg in 2019Born 1977 02 01 February 1 1977 age 47 NationalityAmericanArea s Cartoonist Writer Penciller Inker Letterer ColouristNotable worksStreet AngelAfrodisiacjimrugg wbr comRugg has also produced short comics for VH1 New York magazine True Porn Meathaus Cinema Sewer Strange Tales the SPX Annual Project Superior Dark Horse Presents and the Next Issue Project Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksBiography editRugg s influences include Frank Miller Erik Larsen David Lapham Jack Kirby David Mazzuchelli Mike Mignola the Hernandez brothers Robert Crumb Dan Clowes Chris Ware and Julie Doucet 1 Rugg is also inspired by television shows like The Office and Arrested Development the films of Wes Anderson Kōbō Abe s writing Todd Hido s photography and Toba Khedoori s drawings and paintings 1 He has a BFA in graphic design and painting from a small liberal arts college 1 While working as a graphic designer Rugg met and began working with writer Brian Maruca The result Street Angel was self published as a mini comic where it eventually found its way to the publisher Slave Labor Graphics 1 The first five issues of Street Angel were collected as a trade paperback by SLG Publishing in 2005 After the cancellation of a video game project and The P L A I N Janes series in 2008 Rugg considered leaving the comics business 2 His fortunes began turning around in 2009 when he began working on Image Comics One Model Nation and Dark Horse Comics The Guild In 2010 Rugg along with co writer Maruca released Afrodisiac collecting stories previously published in anthologies along with new material The character first appeared in the pages of Street Angel 2 The book is a detailed pastiche of 1970s trash culture especially the blaxploitation heroic archetype The titular hero is an over the top 70s era kung fu fighting pimp character depicted in adventures that cross multiple comics styles from space aliens and flying saucers to dinosaurs to Richard Nixon to Hercules to giant monsters to Dracula Afrodisiac s production design faithfully evokes the visual style of old comic books down to faded color schemes and wrinkled creased covers 2 He currently teaches in the MFA Visual Narrative program at the School of Visual Arts Awards editRugg was nominated for a 2010 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic for Rambo 3 5 In 2011 Afrodisiac was nominated for an Eisner Award in the humor category and in 2015 Rugg won the Eisner for best publication design for Little Nemo Dream Another Dream 3 He served on the Ignatz Award jury in 2006 Bibliography editStreet Angel SLG Publishing 2005 ISBN 1 59362 012 8 co written with Brian Maruca The P L A I N Janes DC Comics Minx 2007 written by Cecil Castellucci Janes in Love DC Minx 2008 written by Cecil Castellucci Afrodisiac Adhouse Books 2010 ISBN 1 935233 06 8 co written with Brian Maruca One Model Nation Image Comics 2010 written by Courtney Taylor The Guild 3 issue limited series Dark Horse Comics 2010 written by Felicia DayReferences edit a b c d White Adam The Jim Rugg Experience Archived 2011 07 19 at the Wayback Machine ComicCritique com 2005 a b c Smith Zack Soul comics Jim Rugg discusses Afrodisiac Archived 2011 06 17 at the Wayback Machine IndyWeek com Feb 3 2010 Pittsburgh cartoonists Ed Piskor Jim Rugg win Eisner Awards Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sources editJim Rugg at the Comic Book DB archived from the original Manning Shaun Rugg Raps About Afrodisiac Comic Book Resource October 27 2009 External links editJim Rugg at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp Data from Wikidata Official website nbsp Official page on Blogger Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Rugg amp oldid 1216466266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
