Jonboy Meyers

News

Artist Jonboy Meyers on Creativity (YouTube)

Jonboy Meyers Comics (Marvel)

DC Art Academy Featuring Jonboy (YouTube)

Talking Spawn with Jonboy Meyers (YouTube)

The Art of Spawn (YouTube)

Appearances

Ontario Comic Con Revolution (May 19-20)

Orlando MegaCon (May 24-27)

SDCC (July 17-23)

Boston Fan Expo (Aug 10-12)

Michigan Comic Con (Aug 17-19)

Tampa Mega Con (Sept 21-23)

Vancouver Fan Expo (Nov 10-12)

About Jonboy

I’ve been telling stories through art for as long as I can remember, from custom Black Hole comics as a four-year-old, to my later work in entertainment, comics, video games and toys, developing brands through the use of visual stories and design.

I developed my artistic style by emulating my art heroes.   Artists like John Buscema, Michael Golden, Jack Kirby, Joe Madureira, Jason Pearson, J Scott Campbell and Arthur Adams were so inspirational to me in my development into the artist I am today.  And like many other inspired artists, I would stand in the long Portfolio Review Lines of SDCC in hopes of getting that very first comic artist job.

I remember waiting in line for 4-6 hours just to have my 10 minutes to get my work critiqued–in hopes of landing my first comics gig.  It was a testament of how passionate I am about my art…then getting ripped to shreds during the critique and taking what I learned to get better and better.

Working in comics in the 90s was rough, I did a lot of  free independent comics work to get noticed and I got my foot officially in the door of comics as a Marketing Director for MV Creations.  We did all of the Masters of the Universe Comics.  I was helping to build out the brand as well as the company, doing press releases, merchandise, securing talent for books, reaching out to new creators… Read more

Credits

Superman, The Inhumans, Teen Titans, Spawn, Spider-Man, The Walking Dead, Red Sonja, League of Legends, G.I. Joe, Black Dynamite, Thor, Generator Rex (animation), Supergirl, Huntress, She Hulk, Hulk, Arana, Gen 13, Ninja Scroll, Danger Girl, Justice League of America, X-Men (comic books), Motor Storm Apocalypse (video games), World of Warcraft TCG (illustration), Marvel Heroes MMO (Gazillion Entertainment).