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Another scanned story rescued from Jeffrey Jones’s old Web site (now defunct):

I don’t own these; I just rescued the scans from ebay.

The single-page comic strip, “I’m Age,” by Jeffrey Jones, appeared in every issue of the monthly comics magazine Heavy Metal from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4). I’ve already posted the first 25 strips, which appeared from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to September 1983 (vol. 7, no. 6), in four previous posts: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four.

I suppose I could spread the last batch of strips out over two posts, but since it’s less work to do it as one post, here are the final ten “I’m Age” strips, October 1983 (vol. 7, no. 7) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4), presented in order of publication:

And that concludes my posting of the complete run — as far as I’m aware — of “I’m Age” by Jeffrey Jones. Hope you enjoy it!

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five (You are here!)

The single-page comic strip, “I’m Age,” by Jeffrey Jones, appeared in every issue of the monthly comics magazine Heavy Metal from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4). I’ve already posted the first 19 strips, which appeared from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to March 1983 (vol. 6, no. 12), in three previous posts: Part One, Part Two, Part Three.

So now — forging ahead in the face of indifference — here are the strips that appeared from April 1983 (vol. 7, no. 1) to September 1983 (vol. 7, no. 6):

Only 10 strips to go…

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four (You are here!)
Part Five

The single-page comic strip, “I’m Age,” by Jeffrey Jones, appeared in every issue of the monthly comics magazine Heavy Metal from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4). I’ve already posted the first 13 strips, which appeared from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to September 1982 (vol. 6, no. 6), in two previous posts: Part One, Part Two.

Continuing as promised, here are the strips that appeared from October 1982 (vol. 6, no. 7) to March 1983 (vol. 6, no. 12):

Enjoy! I plan to post the rest in two or three separate posts.

Part One
Part Two
Part Three (You are here!)
Part Four
Part Five

The single-page comic strip, “I’m Age,” by Jeffrey Jones, appeared in every issue of the monthly comics magazine Heavy Metal from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4). I’ve already posted the first seven strips, which appeared from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to March 1982 (vol. 5, no. 12). So now, here are the next six strips, which appeared from April 1982 (vol. 6, no. 1) to September 1982 (vol. 6, no. 6):

More later. At the current rate, it’ll take about four more posts to get through the entire run. Hope somebody out there is enjoying the strip. Be nice to see some feedback.

Part One
Part Two (You are here!)
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five

The single-page comic strip, “I’m Age,” by Jeffrey Jones, appeared in every issue of the monthly comics magazine Heavy Metal from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4). Below are the first seven strips, which appeared from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to March 1982 (vol. 5, no. 12), in order of publication:

Largely unappreciated during its first run, and rarely mentioned since, “I’m Age” was a wryly humorous, sensitively delineated, beautifully composed strip that has never, to the best of my knowledge, been reprinted. My most fervent hope is that some enterprising publisher will see these posts and decide the time is ripe to put together an omnibus edition of Jeffrey Jones’s distinctive work in comics, including, among others, the “I’m Age” strips (of course); the series of strips entitled “Jones Touch,” reprinted in comic-book format by Eros/Fantagraphics in 1993; and “Idyl,” the gorgeous single-page strip Jones drew for National Lampoon, the older sister publication of Heavy Metal (both were published by Leonard Mogel). A collection of “Idyl” was published by Dragon’s Dream in 1979, but it’s been out of print for a long time now. I have a copy, but the book’s binding is much too fragile for me to risk scanning from it. In an upcoming post, however, I plan to upload four scans of “Idyl” rescued from Jeff Jones’s now defunct official Web site. So stay tuned for that…

Part One (You are here!)
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five

Bonus Link:

Teresa Lenar (watercolor) by Jeffrey Jones

Bonus Links:

Bernie Wrightson’s Official Web Site

Ebay Feedback Profile for Jeffrey Jones – buy some art!

Bonus Link:

“The Artist Returns: Jeffrey Catherine Jones” by Laurie J. Anderson

Sequential Tart: What art work are you proudest of?

Jeffrey Catherine Jones: That’s kind of like Sophie’s Choice. I really couldn’t tell you. Hopefully the ideal situation is the last one you did. (Smiles.) Of comics work, four years ago I wrote and drew I Bled the Sea that I like. It’s black and white. I don’t like color on drawing. Black and white has a strength to it, an abstractive quality about it that allows the viewer to use his imagination. When I do an ink drawing, it’s black and white.

The painted cover art is by Jeffrey Jones:

The above scans are from a PDF created by datajunkie. You can download the entire first issue of Weird Tales of the Macabre via the link in this post on the datajunkie blog.

Originals:














Bonus Link:

Jeffrey Jones Biography at BPIB.com

Here’s a fun single-page comic, written by Robert Barrett, drawn by Richard Corben, featuring dopplegangers of Conan, Tarzan, and Prince Valiant:

According to The Most Complete Comicography of Richard Corben, “Duel of the Titans” was first published in the fourth issue of the venerable E.C. fanzine, Squa Tront, in 1970, and was reprinted eleven years later, in 1981, on page 25 of the only book on Richard Corben’s career and art, the long out-of-print (not to mention long out-of-date) Flights into Fantasy.

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