James Jean (born 1979) is a Taiwanese American award winning artist and illustrator living in Los Angeles.

He was born in Taiwan but and was raised in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. He was educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Upon graduating in 2001, he quickly became an acclaimed cover artist for DC Comics, garnering seven Eisner awards, three consecutive Harvey awards, two gold medals and a silver from the Society of Illustrators of LA, and a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators of NY. He has also contributed to many national and international publications. His clients include Time Magazine, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, ESPN, Atlantic Records, Target, Playboy, Knopf, Prada among others. He has also illustrated every cover of the Vertigo Comics series Fables, for which he has won four Eisner Awards for “Best Cover Artist”.

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