| Klaus Janson | |
| Born | January 23, 1952 Coburg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Nationality | Naturalised American (immigrated German) |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Colorist |
Klaus Janson (born 1952) is an American comic book artist, working regularly for Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company While he is best-known as an inker, Janson has frequently worked as a penciller and colorist. The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional Comic book, or Graphic novel.
Klaus Janson was born on January 23, 1952 in Coburg, Germany. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany He emigrated to America as a young boy and grew up in Connecticut, where in his teens he met and began working as an assistant to Dick Giordano. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Dick Giordano (born Richard Joseph Giordano on July 20, 1932) is an American Comic book Artist and editor He first came to prominence as the inker over Sal Buscema's pencils on The Defenders in the mid-1970s, and since then he has worked on most of the major titles at Marvel and DC. Silvio "Sal" Buscema (born on January 26, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York) is an American Comic The Defenders is a name of a number of Marvel Comics Superhero group — usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" each This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with writer-artist Frank Miller on an early 1980s run on Daredevil; another celebrated collaboration with Miller, on DC's Batman story Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, followed in 1986. Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American Writer, Artist and Film director best known for his dark Daredevil is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Batman The Dark Knight Returns, originally published under the title Batman The Dark Knight, is a Batman comic book mini-series Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Janson's long-time association with Miller broke down over scheduling and inking disputes during the production of Dark Knight, and the two have not worked together since. Janson has frequently pencilled and inked (notably over Gene Colan's pencils) for various Batman titles, including Gothic with Grant Morrison. Eugene "Gene" Colan (born September 1, 1926) is an American comic book artist. Batman Gothic is a Batman storyline written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Klaus Janson. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist
Janson's initial style was very similar to the fluidly high-contrast style of mentor Dick Giordano, but he quickly developed a much looser, highly textural and distinctive inking style. Dick Giordano (born Richard Joseph Giordano on July 20, 1932) is an American Comic book Artist and editor Janson occasionally pencils stories, like "Night Olympics. " The similarity of his art to that of Frank Miller can mostly be traced to their collaboration, during which Miller refined his own style based on the artistic decisions Janson made as the inker of Miller's artwork.
Although he once told his students in the early 1990s that his writing was of a personal nature that he did not wish to share, he wrote one short in the miniseries Batman: Black and White. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Batman Black & White refers both to a 4-issue limited series of comics published in 1996 by DC Comics, and three collections of 8-page Black and white
Janson has taught sequential storytelling for over ten years at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and has written both The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics and The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics. The School of Visual Arts ( SVA) is an Art school in Manhattan New York City and is one of the nation's leading independent Colleges of art and The City of New York He is also involved with the New York Museum of Comic Book Art.