Jim Woodring

Jim was born October 11, 1952 in the Los Angeles area. He's probably best known as the creator of the anthropomorphic cartoon character Frank, who has appeared in a number of short comics and graphic novels. Woodring has won or been nominated for a number of awards. He placed twice on The Comics Journal's list of the 100 best comics of the century, with the Frank stories ranked #55, and The Book of Jim ranked #71.