Jim Keefe
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Jim Keefe is the most recent artist to contribute original art and stories to the Flash Gordon
comic strip
. Born January 20, 1965 he attended Joe Kubert
's School of Cartoon and Graphic Art after a very brief career at a more traditional institution.
From there he went to King Features where he worked as a colorist and briefly ghosted (drew anonymously) Secret Agent Corrigan before getting the assignment to do one of their flagship features. His tenure lasted from January, 1996 to March 2003 when economic issues made it impossible for him to continue. Since then he has devoted his time to teaching, freelance assignments, promoting groups such as the National Cartoonists Society
and work on a graphic novel chronicling his Father's service during World War II as a member of Patton's Third Army. His work on Flash Gordon
continues to be reprinted in syndication.
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
. Born January 20, 1965 he attended Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert is an American comic book artist who went on to found The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman...
's School of Cartoon and Graphic Art after a very brief career at a more traditional institution.
From there he went to King Features where he worked as a colorist and briefly ghosted (drew anonymously) Secret Agent Corrigan before getting the assignment to do one of their flagship features. His tenure lasted from January, 1996 to March 2003 when economic issues made it impossible for him to continue. Since then he has devoted his time to teaching, freelance assignments, promoting groups such as the National Cartoonists Society
National Cartoonists Society
The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the troops...
and work on a graphic novel chronicling his Father's service during World War II as a member of Patton's Third Army. His work on Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash...
continues to be reprinted in syndication.