Email: PhilJimeneznyc@aol.com

Bio: Born and raised in southern California, and trained at NYC's School of Visual Arts, Phil Jimenez has worked in comics since 1991. He first gained recognition for his work on Tempest. His later works including pencilling stints on the Invisibles, JLA/Titans, and Planetary/Authority. Phil finished a two year run on DC Comics' Wonder Woman, worked with Grant Morrison on New X-Men, and co-authored The DC Comics Encyclopedia. His creator-owned project, Otherworld, is currently being published through DC/Vertigo, and he is also the penciller on DC's Infinite Crisis.

Phil's been nominated for Eisner and GLAAD awards, listed as one of Entertainment Weekly's "101 Gay Movers and Shakers," and featured in The Advocate and OUT. He also created the art for the first permanent AIDS awareness exhibit in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and had the good fortune to be Peter Parker's hands, working in a scene as a hand double for Toby Maguire, in Spider-Man.

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NEW LGBT COMICS DEBUTS AT COMIC-CON 2010! REPORT #1 WITH HOWARD CRUSE, ED LUCE & BRAD RADER!
[News, Posted 7/25/10]
Loads of new LGBT comics debuted at Comic-Con this year from creators such as Justin Hall, Howard Cruse, Brad Rader, Brian Andersen, Ed Luce, Dave Davenport, Steve MacIsaac, Jon Macy, Desmond Miller, Dylan "NDR" Edwards, Sean-Z, John Hahn, Walter Meyer, Michael Dimotta, Steven Bereznai, Michael Troy to name but a few (okay, can’t count). Prism’s expanded booth meant more space for us to host LGBT creators than ever before, our way of bringing artists and writers (and editors and our…

THE FIRST PRISM COMIC-CON 2010 REPORT! DIVAS AND LASSOES PANEL!
[News, Posted 7/22/10]
First posting from Comic-Con, woo-hoo! David here, your intrepid Prism reporter, “blogging” (ooh, I’m so up on the lingo) or so from the floor of San Diego Comic-Con International 2010! I’m sitting at the Prism booth (please come and visit!) plugged in and trying to be useful. Anyhow, I just came from the first Prism panel, which was entitled “Divas and Golden Lassoes: The LGBT Obsession With Super Heroines”, moderated by the fabulous Charles “Zan” Christensen (founder of…

PRISM REVEALS THE GAY AGENDA FOR COMIC-CON 2010! HOWARD CRUSE, PANELS, SUPERHERO PARTY, MORE BOOTH SPACE AND MORE LGBT CREATORS THAN EVER
[News, Posted 7/14/10]
Prism Comics, a nonprofit supporting LGBT comics, creators, and readers, has unveiled its slate of activities for San Diego Comic-Con International 2010, one of the world’s largest pop-culture gatherings, at the San Diego Convention Center from Wednesday, July 21st through Sunday, July 25th. Prism will host four jam-packed panels including Andy Mangels' legendary “Gays in Comics” panel, the 6th annual “Heroes vs. Villains” party, appearances by Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby) and the largest roster of LGBT Creators ever at its expanded booth, now filling three exhibit spaces (#2049/2146/2148). All the details are available in The Gay Agenda, Prism’s guide to everything LGBT at Comic-Con, which can be picked up at the Prism booth or downloaded in PDF format.

IT’S A TIE! PRISM COMICS ANNOUNCES 2010 QUEER PRESS GRANT WINNERS ED LUCE AND ERIC ORNER!
[News, Posted 4/13/10]
San Francisco, CA—At WonderCon 2010, Prism Comics announced the recipients of this year’s Queer Press Grant: It’s A Tie! The grant is being awarded to both Ed Luce for his submission, Wuvable Oaf and to Eric Orner for his submission, Storybox. Prism Comics, which supports LGBT comics, creators, issues and readers, established the Queer Press Grant to encourage the publication of LGBT themed comics. “The extremely high quality of submissions this year resulted in a vote so…

STAN'S SOAPBOX: HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE!
[Queer Eye on Comics, Posted 11/8/09]
Stan’s Soapbox Hey True Believers! It’s David “Stan”-ley here, you ever lovin’ Editor-In-Chief of “Queer Eye on Comics” with the first Spectacular LGBT Comics Holiday Gift-Giving Guide ever to come out of Prism's House of Ideas with only the latest and greatest recommendations from Yours Truly! What, you say? You have it all and besides, only Irving Forbush shops this early? Bah-Humbug! In the past year, we’ve been clobbered with lotsa new product you haveta get! Roberto…

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COMIC-CON 2010: DIVAS AND GOLDEN LASSOS (VIDEO)
[Source: YouTube, Added: 8/14/10]
Prism Comics presents Divas and Golden Lassoes: The LGBT Obsession with Super Heroines— Why do LGBT comic book fans, especially gay men, worship female superheroes? Going beyond just collecting the...

CCI: PHIL JIMENEZ SPOTLIGHT
[Source: ComicBookResources.com, Added: 8/4/10]
Last Thursday afternoon at Comic-Con International in San Diego, artist extraordinaire Phil Jimenez held a spotlight panel discussing his storied career. Jimenez, known for such works as Infinite...

GAY COMIC-CON 2010
[Source: Gay and Lesbian Times, Added: 7/22/10]
Prism Comics will be at Comic Con 2010 with nearly a dozen major comic creators attending for panels, meet and greets, creator signings and portfolio review.

GAY PREVIEWS 6/2010
[Source: Gay League, Added: 4/28/10]
Welcome to Gay Previews, a monthly list that highlights the work of LGBT and gay friendly creators. Listings are primarily taken from each month’s PREVIEWS.

NEW YORK TIMES SPOTLIGHTS GAY SUPERHEROES, FANS AND CREATORS
[Source: Robot 6 @ CBR, Added: 4/19/10]
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