| Georges Jeanty | |
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 Georges Jeanty in 2025 | |
| Born | Georges Michael Jeanty Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area | Penciller |
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| Awards | Eisner Award |
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Georges Jeanty is an Americancomic bookpencilerillustrator best known for his work onThe American Way, an eight-issue American comic book limited series produced under DC Comics'Wildstorm imprint, and theBuffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight comic book series published byDark Horse Comics, various issues ofSerenity,X-Men: Gambit,Astonishing X-Men: Gambit,John Walker: U.S. Agent, andThe Mandalorian.
Georges Michael Jeanty was born inBrooklyn, New York, and raised inMiami Beach, Florida. After attending courses in the fine arts at Miami-Dade College, he considered a career in acting, but decided to use his artistic talent to pursue a career as a commercial artist. Inspired by the comic books he read while growing up – featuring 1970s comic book superhero icons likeLuke Cage, and classic superhero comics likeFantastic Four andSaga of the Swamp Thing – Jeanty made comic books his focus.[1]
Jeanty specifically creditsFrank Miller'sDaredevil #183, as pivotal in his decision to pursue a career in comics.[2]
His artist influences include American comic book artistsJohn Byrne,Michael Golden, andAlan Davis, as well as European comic book artist legendsMilo Manara andJean Giraud (Moebius).[1]
Jeanty's first break into comics wasParadigm #1 (1994) published byCaliber Comics. Soon after, he worked on the "bad girl" comics for London Night Studios, featuring various characters like Poizon, Stryke, and Razor. Moving to Atlanta in 1999, Jeanty joined the ranks of Atlanta-basedGaijin Studios.[1]
After breaking in atDC Comics, on titles likeGreen Lantern,Superboy, andSuperman,Marvel Comics offered Jeanty his first regular ongoing monthly series-Bishop: The Last X-Man (1999). Jeanty's Marvel work also includedX-Men: Gambit,Astonishing X-Men: Gambit,Deadpool,Weapon X, and theX-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse mini-comic for theActivision video game. During this time, in 2003, Jeanty left Gaijin Studios and after a year, formed Atlanta-based Studio Revolver, withDexter Vines, Tom Feister, Brian Reiber, and Tariq Hassan.[1]
In 2006, DC Comics imprint,Wildstorm Comics paired Jeanty with Hollywood screenwriterJohn Ridley, forThe American Way, an eight-issue comic book mini-series that presented a skewed parallel history of the civil unrest during 1960s America, where the United States Government created its own "superheroes" and "villains" and arranged fake fights to influence public opinions.[1]
While completingThe American Way, Jeanty was contacted by Dark Horse Comics' Senior Managing Editor,Scott Allie, who asked if he was interested in working on aBuffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight comic book. Buffy's creator,Joss Whedon, who had been a fan of Jeanty's work sinceBishop: the Last X-Man, specifically asked for him.[3] This was not the movie and television character's first foray into comics, between 1998 and 2004, Dark Horse Comics published variousBuffy comics when the television show was on air, but not all the comics were considered canon.[citation needed] However, this new comic book series was to be thecanonical continuation of the populartelevision series that aired for seven years, hence its name.[4]
Jeanty started penciling the first issue ofSeason Eight immediately after completingThe American Way, working closely with Joss Whedon in bringing the television series to the comic book world. In doing this, Whedon strictly wanted "comic book stylized" versions of the Buffy characters, that carry the essence of their television counterparts, without looking like redrawn picture stills.[5]
Much attention to detail still goes into rendering these stylized versions, Jeanty saying, "It takes me 30% more time to do aBuffy page than, say, aX-Men: Gambit|Gambit page, because of the likenesses. But how hard is my job when I get to sit around all day and drawSarah Michelle Gellar,Alyson Hannigan, orMichelle Trachtenberg?"[6]
Over the course ofSeason Eight, Jeanty also worked with alumni Buffy writerJane Espenson, and comic book writersBrian K. Vaughn,Jeph Loeb, andBrad Meltzer. Jeanty also created variant covers for most of the comic book series, which would go on to be nominated for the 2008Eisner Award for Best New Series.[7]
The complete series was later collected into seventrade paperbacks which were regularly listed onThe New York Times Graphic Books Best Seller List.[8]
Jeanty's artwork onSeason Eight received praise for successfully capturing the essence, excitement, and humor of the television show, without looking like a media tie-in. Mathew Springer stated, "He brings these people to life not as drawings of actors and actresses, but as fully realized comic book characters in their own right."[9] Buffy creator, Joss Whedon, stated that while looking for an artist forBuffy Season Eight, he desired someone that was "good at capturing the likenesses [of the characters], but did not draw a weak... non-comic that reeks of licensing." And that, "Georges mixes both abilities with a grace and power not seen sinceSuperman vs. Muhammad Ali."[10]
Mark Stoddard complimented Whedon's choice of Jeanty, saying, "his layouts and storytelling are clear, he handles the action sequences pretty well, and the character likenesses are excellent, retaining a sense of artistic individuality, rather than simply generating portraits or rehashing television stills".[11] There was also some initial debate among Buffy fans and critics over Joss Whedon's art style choice. Keith McDuffee thought Jeanty's pencils "have a bit to be desired" compared to the photo-realistic artwork on the covers.[12] However, Richard George of IGN praised Jeanty's work as a good compromise between real life and comics, urging readers not to compare Jeanty's interior art toJo Chen's photo-realistic cover style, and that "Both styles have their place".[13]
Fox Home Entertainment producedmotion comics based on the first 19 issues ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight. The first motion comic debuted onAmazon Video on Demand andiTunes on July 19, 2010. The Blu-ray and DVD of the motion comic series was released on January 4, 2011.[14]
Jeanty pencilled an 8-pageSpike story written by Jane Espenson that will be available as an online comic book from Dark Horse Comics.[15]
DuringWonderCon 2011, Dark Horse Comics officially announced that Jeanty will return as regular artist forBuffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Nine.[16] Joining him, as inker, will be Jeanty's former studio mate from Studio Revolver,Dexter Vines.[15]
In Jan 2014, Dark Horse Comics releasedSerenity: Leaves on the Wind, a six-issuecomic book series with art by Jeanty that continues the story ofJoss Whedon's cult television showFirefly, and its subsequent film adaptationSerenity. The comic is written byZack Whedon andexecutive produced by Joss Whedon, and continues the story roughly 39 weeks after the events of the film.[17]
A self-confessed fan of theFirefly television show, Jeanty told an interviewer that his work on theSerenity series borrows its inspiration from films with a "rustic futuristic feel" and has discussed the challenge of transitioning from theBuffy series to a series with a much darker tone in both visual content and in story content.[18]
In 2020, Jeanty illustrated the five-issue mini-seriesJohn Walker: U.S. Agent, written byChristopher Priest.[19]
In 2022, Jeanty illustratedThe Mandalorian: Season One forMarvel Comics, written byRodney Barnes and adaptingthe first season of theDisney+ seriesThe Mandalorian.[20]
Jeanty was raised by his mother inMiami Beach, Florida along with three younger siblings. In early 2011, Jeanty left Studio Revolver in Atlanta and relocated toLong Beach, California, but has since returned toAtlanta, Georgia.[1]
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