Creator Focus: Dan Jurgens

Published: Nov. 25, 2018, 8:07 p.m.

b'This Week we talk about Dan Jurgens for Creator Focus.\\nWe apologize for the sick voices, we tried.\\xa0\\nDan Jurgens:\\xa0Penciller, inker, writer\\nBorn: June 27, 1959\\xa0(age\\xa059)\\nOrtonville, Minnesota, U.S\\n\\nNotable Works\\nAction Comics\\nBatman Beyond\\nBooster Gold\\nCaptain America\\nSuperman\\nTangent Comics\\nThor\\nWarlord\\n\\n\\u2022 After graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1981, Jurgens\' first professional comic work was for DC Comics on The Warlord #63 (Nov. 1982)\\nIn 1984, Jurgens was the artist for the Sun Devils\\nSun Devils is the title of a science fiction "space opera" comic book series. The series followed a group of cosmic adventurers led by Rik Sunn, Additional cast members included Anomie Zitar, an apparent feline-human hybrid (fittingly, the team\'s resident "sex kitten"); a smuggler-pilot named Scyla, a tall, powerful woman whose personality borrowed heavily from Han Solo Three clones, genetically-raised as starship repairmen, who had no name and were referred to only as "One", "Two" and "Three".\\n\\nIn 1985, Jurgens created the character Booster Gold, who became a member of the Justice League\\nJurgens began working full-time on the Superman character when he took over the writing/pencilling of the monthly The Adventures of Superman.\\nDuring his run on Superman, Jurgens created two major villains, Doomsday and the Cyborg Superman.\\nIn January 1996, Jurgens was writer and penciller of the new Spider-Man series, The Sensational Spider-Man, at Marvel Comics.\\n\\u2022 In November 2002, he wrote and penciled the four-issue weekly miniseries Superman: Day of Doom (Jan. 2003), which marked the 10 year anniversary of "The Death of Superman" story line from 1992\\n\\xa0\\nBe Sure to Follow us on Social Media\\nTwitter: @FOC_Podcast\\nFacebook: FOCPodcast\\nInstagram: @fortress_of_comictude\\nMusic: Aural Bandito\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fortress-of-comictude/support'