Klaus Janson
Comic Artist
USA
Biography:
Klaus Janson was born in Coburg, Germany. He emigrated to the US in 1957 and settled in Connecticut, discovering comics very shortly thereafter. Janson made a professional debut for Marvel in 1973, inking the artwork of Rich Buckler for the series called 'The Black Panther', published in Jungle Action. During years he continued inking the diverse Marvel titles, like 'the Defenders', 'Deathlock', 'Battlestar Galactita' and 'Howard Duck'. But Janson main series was 'Daredevil'. In this period he inked for Gene Colan, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino and Frank Miller. Working with Miller, Janson changed his inking style. Later Janson became a comic artist too, focusing on drawing rather than just inking alone. With Miller, Janson worked on the influential mini series 'The Dark Knight Returns'. After Janson ended his work on 'Daredevil', he had developed a constant work as a sketcher, were he devolped a Gothic like style. He also did a lot of work on 'The Punisher', 'Spawn' and an adventure of Batman in five episodes, scripted by Grant Morrison.
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
Fan Expo Boston 2024 - June 14-16, 2024 in Boston, MA, USACancelled Appearance- Fan Expo Dallas 2024 - June 7-9, 2024 in Dallas, TX, USA
MegaCon Orlando 2024 - February 1-4, 2024 in Orlando, FL, USACancelled Appearance 2023- Fan Expo Chicago 2023 - August 10-13, 2023 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- Fan Expo New Orleans 2023 - January 6-8, 2023 in New Orleans, LA, USA
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