Sandy Jimenez
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Sandy Jimenez is an American comic book artist, writer and director, most commonly associated with the New York city independent comic book scene of the 1990s, with work appearing in magazines such as Inner City Press
and World War 3 Illustrated
.
during all of the 1970s, the years of that borough's most intense economic privation and grinding poverty. Displaying an aptitude for visual art and creative writing from a very early age, he was awarded a scholarship to the Calhoun School
in the fall of 1980. He majored in sculpture at The Cooper Union and exhibited four completed comic books in 1990 as part of his Senior exhibition in the Houghton Gallery. One of the comic books shown at the exhibition entitled the Shit House Poet
would be the basis of his ongoing published work in World War 3 Illustrated
for that entire decade and beyond. Scouted by artist Eric Drooker, Sandy Jimenez's work first saw publication in January 1991 under the editorship of Seth Tobocman
and Sabrina Jones.
In 2004, the comic book story entitled "Skips" originally published in issue #31 of World War 3 Illustrated
was adapted into a short that was part of the official competition at the Tribeca Film Festival
. Sandy Jimenez also received the ABC/Disney New Talent Development Grant in that same year for his screenplay writing.
Sandy Jimenez began collaborating with writer Jon Papernick
in 2007 to adapt his book Who by Fire, Who by Blood, into a graphic novel.
His published comic book work last appeared in issue #40 of World War 3 Illustrated
in 2010. In 2007 he directed "The Likes of Us," his first full length feature and became the CEO of 700 Shades of Grey Inc.
Inner City Press
Inner City Press is a non-profit public interest organization best known for its investigations of the banking industry's treatment of low-income communities of color, at first within the United States and more recently around the world.-History:...
and World War 3 Illustrated
World War 3 Illustrated
World War 3 Illustrated is an American comics anthology magazine with a left-wing political focus, founded in 1980 by New York comic book artists Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman, and painter Christof Kohlhofer, and subsequently produced by a collective with a rotating editorship...
.
Biography
He was born in Manhattan, but raised by a single mother in the South BronxSouth Bronx
The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of The Bronx. The neighborhoods of Tremont, University Heights, Highbridge, Morrisania, Soundview, Hunts Point, and Castle Hill are sometimes considered part of the South Bronx....
during all of the 1970s, the years of that borough's most intense economic privation and grinding poverty. Displaying an aptitude for visual art and creative writing from a very early age, he was awarded a scholarship to the Calhoun School
Calhoun school
The Calhoun School is an independent, coeducational college preparatory school located in New York City's Upper West Side. Classes are offered for preschool through 12th grade...
in the fall of 1980. He majored in sculpture at The Cooper Union and exhibited four completed comic books in 1990 as part of his Senior exhibition in the Houghton Gallery. One of the comic books shown at the exhibition entitled the Shit House Poet
Shit House Poet
Shit House Poet is the creation of writer and comic book artist Sandy Jimenez. Featured in World War 3 Illustrated consistently throughout the 1990s, these stories chronicle the lives of a nameless narrator and his friends in New York city.-Storylines and themes:The stories range from the...
would be the basis of his ongoing published work in World War 3 Illustrated
World War 3 Illustrated
World War 3 Illustrated is an American comics anthology magazine with a left-wing political focus, founded in 1980 by New York comic book artists Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman, and painter Christof Kohlhofer, and subsequently produced by a collective with a rotating editorship...
for that entire decade and beyond. Scouted by artist Eric Drooker, Sandy Jimenez's work first saw publication in January 1991 under the editorship of Seth Tobocman
Seth Tobocman
Seth Tobocman is a radical comic book artist who has been living in Manhattan's Lower East Side since 1978. Tobocman is best known for his creation of the political comic book World War 3 Illustrated, which he started in 1979 with fellow artist Peter Kuper...
and Sabrina Jones.
World War 3 Illustrated
World War 3 Illustrated is an American comics anthology magazine with a left-wing political focus, founded in 1980 by New York comic book artists Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman, and painter Christof Kohlhofer, and subsequently produced by a collective with a rotating editorship...
was adapted into a short that was part of the official competition at the Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
. Sandy Jimenez also received the ABC/Disney New Talent Development Grant in that same year for his screenplay writing.
Sandy Jimenez began collaborating with writer Jon Papernick
Jon Papernick
Jonathan "Jon" Papernick is a Canadian-born American short story writer, novelist and essayist.-Career:Papernick was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the author of The Ascent of Eli Israel a collection of short stories set in Israel during the collapse of the Oslo Peace Accords, a novel Who by...
in 2007 to adapt his book Who by Fire, Who by Blood, into a graphic novel.
His published comic book work last appeared in issue #40 of World War 3 Illustrated
World War 3 Illustrated
World War 3 Illustrated is an American comics anthology magazine with a left-wing political focus, founded in 1980 by New York comic book artists Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman, and painter Christof Kohlhofer, and subsequently produced by a collective with a rotating editorship...
in 2010. In 2007 he directed "The Likes of Us," his first full length feature and became the CEO of 700 Shades of Grey Inc.