Look Here: “Cold Cuts” by Bernie Wrightson and Jeffrey Jones

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

**ABOVE:** Margaret St. Clair, *The Shadow People* (Dell, 1969), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

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Look Here: “I’m Age” by Jeffrey Jones – Part Five

16 October 200811 August 2016 RC2 Comments

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:

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 7, Oct. 1983

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 8, Nov. 1983

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 9, Dec. 1983

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 10, Jan. 1984

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 11, Feb. 1984

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 12, Mar. 1984

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 8, no. 1, Apr. 1984

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 8, no. 2, May 1984

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 8, no. 3, June 1984

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 8, no. 4, July 1984

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!)

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Look Here: “I’m Age” by Jeffrey Jones – Part Four

16 October 200811 August 2016 RC1 Comment

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):

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 1, Apr. 1983

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 2, May 1983

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 3, June 1983

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 4, July 1983

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 5, Aug. 1983

Only 10 strips to go…

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

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Look Here: “I’m Age” by Jeffrey Jones – Part Three

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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):

**ABOVE:** Originally published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 7, Oct. 1982

**ABOVE:** Originally published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 8, Nov. 1982

**ABOVE:** Originally published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 9, Dec. 1982

**ABOVE:** Originally published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 10, Jan. 1983

**ABOVE:** Originally published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 11, Feb. 1983

**ABOVE:** Originally published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 12, Mar. 1983

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 7, no. 6, Sept. 1983

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

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Look Here: “I’m Age” by Jeffrey Jones – Part Two

14 October 200811 August 2016 RC4 Comments

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):

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 1, Apr. 1982

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 3, June 1982

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 4, July 1982

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 5, Aug. 1982

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 6, no. 6, Sept. 1982

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

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Look Here: “I’m Age” by Jeffrey Jones – Part One

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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:

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 5, no. 6, Sept. 1981

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 5, no. 7, Oct. 1981

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 5, no. 8, Nov. 1981

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 5, no. 9, Dec. 1981

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 5, no. 10, Jan. 1982

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 5, no. 11, Feb. 1982

**ABOVE:** First published in *Heavy Metal*, vol. 5, no. 12, Mar. 1982

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

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Look Here: “Dead Run” by Jeffrey Jones

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Look Here: “The Believer” by Jeffrey Jones and Bernie Wrightson

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UPDATE (01 June 2011):

Look Here, Read: “The Believer,” reconstructed by Rotomago

Also, please note that I’ve replaced the JPEGs that used to be displayed in this post with the larger versions that I uploaded on 01 June 2011.

Bonus Links:

Bernie Wrightson’s Official Web Site

Ebay Feedback Profile for Jeffrey Jones – buy some art!

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Look Here: “I Bled the Sea” by Jeffrey Jones

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“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.