Calnan, John - SUPERMAN FAMILY #213 Interior Page
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Pg. 28; John Calnan pencils, Jim Janes inks; 10" x 15""Superman Interviews Clark Kent"
Artists Information
John Calnan was an American commercial artist, who also worked for comic books. His first comic book work was inking Tom Gill's pencils on 'Lone Ranger' for Dell Publications. He then did some work for Gilberton's 'Classics Illustrated' series, before becoming an advertising art director and TV producer for agencies. He returned to comics in 1966, mainly doing work for DC Comics. Calnan did a lot of work for anthology titles like 'The Unexpected' (1970-1980), 'Ghosts' (1971-1979), 'The Witching Hour' (1971-1976), 'G.I. Combat' (1976-1977) and 'House of Mystery' (1973, 1977-1978). Calnan retired in 1996, but continued doing work for friends and the occasional commission job. He passed away on 27 December 2016 at the age of 84.
Jim Janes started appeared occasionally in the Warren magazines Eerie, 1984 and The Rook Magazine. He worked more frequently for DC Comics in the early 1980s on titles like 'The Unexpected', 'The Superman Family', 'Ghosts', 'Superman', 'House of Mystery' and 'The Legion of Super-Heroes' before disappearing off the comics radar around 1983.
Artists Information
John Calnan was an American commercial artist, who also worked for comic books. His first comic book work was inking Tom Gill's pencils on 'Lone Ranger' for Dell Publications. He then did some work for Gilberton's 'Classics Illustrated' series, before becoming an advertising art director and TV producer for agencies. He returned to comics in 1966, mainly doing work for DC Comics. Calnan did a lot of work for anthology titles like 'The Unexpected' (1970-1980), 'Ghosts' (1971-1979), 'The Witching Hour' (1971-1976), 'G.I. Combat' (1976-1977) and 'House of Mystery' (1973, 1977-1978). Calnan retired in 1996, but continued doing work for friends and the occasional commission job. He passed away on 27 December 2016 at the age of 84.
Jim Janes started appeared occasionally in the Warren magazines Eerie, 1984 and The Rook Magazine. He worked more frequently for DC Comics in the early 1980s on titles like 'The Unexpected', 'The Superman Family', 'Ghosts', 'Superman', 'House of Mystery' and 'The Legion of Super-Heroes' before disappearing off the comics radar around 1983.