| Russ Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 16, 1942 Ontario, Canada |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Inker, Editor |
| Pseudonym(s) | Jack Younger |
Notable works | Creepy |
Russ Jones (born July 16, 1942 in Ontario) is a Canadian novelist, illustrator, and magazine editor, active in the publishing and entertainment industries over a half-century, best known as the creator of the magazine Creepy for Warren Publishing. As the founding editor of Creepy in 1963, he is notable for a significant milestone in comics history by proving there was a readership eager to read graphic stories in a black-and-white magazine format rather than in a color comic book.[1]
During the mid-1960s, Jones also pioneered the presentation of original comics formatted directly for paperback books, such as Christopher Lee's Treasury of Terror (Pyramid, 1966).[2]
- ^ Richardson, Peter. "Russ Jones, Woody and the Genesis of Creepy", Cloud 109 (July 6, 2010).
- ^ Kaye, Edward. "The A-Z of Canadian Comic Book Creators: J is for Russ Jones".
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