Jhonen Vasquez

Jhonen C. Vasquez (; born September 1, 1974) is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for creating the comic book Johnny the Homicidal Maniac—along with its spin-off comics Squee!, Fillerbunny, and I Feel Sick—and the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim.

Bibliography
 Year Title Notes 1995–1997 Johnny the Homicidal Maniac 7 issues 1996 The Bad Art Collection 1997–1998 Squee! 4 issues 1999–2000 I Feel Sick 2 issues 2000, 2005, 2014 Fillerbunny 3 issues 2002 Everything Can Be Beaten With Crab Scrambly2003 Slave Labor Stories Two page story "The Ghost with Black Fingers" 2007 Jellyfist With Jennifer Goldberg 2009–2010 Strange Tales MAX MODOK story in Strange Tales #2 and Wolverine story in Strange Tales II #1 2012 Beyond the Fringe With Becky Cloonan and Andy Belanger, issues 5A and 6A 2015–2021Invader Zim 50 issues, with multiple others

Filmography
 Year Title Role Notes 2001–2002Invader Zim Creator, writer, character designer, executive producer and voice actor Television series20052775-ManDirector, executive producer and voice actorTelevision series 2006 "Shut Me Up" Director Music video 2011 "White" Director Music video 2012–2015Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja Character designer (credited as Chancre Scolex) Television series 2014Bravest Warriors Writer Episode: "The Puppetyville Horror" 2015Very Important House Creator, director, writer Pilot 2015 TMNT: Don Vs Raph Creator, writer, voice director, character designer Television short 2019Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Creator, director, writer, executive producer and voice actor Streaming television film

Awards and nominations
 Squee! was nominated for 1998 Eisner Awards for Best New Series and Best Humor Publication.1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees. users.rcn.com
 I Feel Sick won an International Horror Guild Award in 2000 for Best Illustrated Narrative."The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror" by Stephen Jones, Carroll and Graf, 2002
 Invader Zim won an Emmy, an Annie, and the award for Best Title Sequence at the 2001 World Animation Celebration awards. It also garnered seven other nominations."Invader ZIM" (2001) Awards. imdb.com
 Vasquez and his work were honored in the National Design Triennial: Inside Design Now, a 2003 exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
 Vasquez received the Inkpot Award in 2015.Inkpot Award

References

Other websites


 An Interview on SuicideGirls.com
 Revolution Science Fiction (October 26, 2001): "Death and Morons: The Jhonen Vasquez Story" (online-chat transcript)
 Jhonen Vasquez Spotlight (2007 New York Comic Con speech Podcast. 54:12m) Downloadable mp3
 Interrogation Special with Zoetica Ebb (August 22, 2007)

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