杰夫·勒米尔

杰夫·勒米雷（英语：Jeff Lemire，1976年3月21日—）是加拿大漫画作家和艺术家。 他是《埃塞克斯郡三部曲》，《鹿角男孩》和《没人》等作品的作者。他2010年代的作品包括《鹰眼》，《非凡X战警》，《月光骑士》和《漫威老人》等漫威作品。也制作DC漫画的作品《Superboy》，《Animal Man (comic book)》，《黑暗正义联盟》和《绿箭侠》；也制作黑马漫画的漫画Black Hammer；也曾帮映像漫画公司制作漫画。其亦曾制作过《喋血战士》漫画。

早期生活

勒米雷在圣克莱尔湖附近的安大略省的艾塞克斯县的一个小镇上出生和长大。据摄影师朋友Zahouda称，勒米雷上过电影学校，但是当他觉得电影制作不适合他的个性，之后便决定开始制作漫画。

Jeff Lemire (born March 21, 1976) is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, cartoonist, and television producer. He is the author of critically acclaimed titles including the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth, and The Nobody. His written work includes All-New Hawkeye, Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight and Old Man Logan for Marvel; Superboy, Animal Man, Justice League Dark, Green Arrow and Absolute Flash for DC; Black Hammer and Mazebook for Dark Horse; Descender and Gideon Falls for Image Comics; and Bloodshot Reborn for Valiant.

In 2021, Sweet Tooth was adapted as a Netflix television series through Susan and Robert Downey Jr.'s production company Team Downey, with Lemire serving as an on-set consultant.

Lemire has also collaborated with musicians such as Eddie Vedder on his Matter of Time animated video and Gord Downie on Secret Path, a multimedia storytelling project.

Early life

Lemire was born and raised in Woodslee, Ontario in Essex County, near Lake St. Clair. Lemire attended film school, but decided to pursue comics when he realized that filmmaking did not suit his solitary personality.

Career

Early work

After self-publishing the Xeric Award-winning comic book Lost Dogs in 2005 via his Ashtray Press imprint, Lemire was employed at Top Shelf Productions. While beginning his comics career, Lemire worked as a line cook in restaurants to support himself. He continued working in kitchens even after Essex County began to be published by Top Shelf Productions, as the books initially did not provide enough income for him to live on. He had originally expected to continue working in kitchens while making comics as a personal passion, rather than as a full-time career.

Lemire serialized a science-fiction strip called Fortress in the quarterly UR Magazine.

In 2006 Lemire's work was included in an international symposium gathering artists, scholars, curators, publishers, librarians, critics, and writers at the Banff Centre. Lemire's work was part of the "Comic Craze" exhibit, which showcased Canadian comics and narrative fiction.

Essex County

Lemire wrote and illustrated the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated Essex County Trilogy for Top Shelf in 2008–2009.

In June 2011 it was announced that visual effects artist John Dykstra would direct an adaptation of Essex County entitled Super Zero.

2012 saw the publication of a new graphic novel from Top Shelf called The Underwater Welder, which was released to critical acclaim.

In December 2015, it was announced that First Generation Films had optioned the rights to Essex County to develop the graphic novel as a television series from Canada's CBC. Aaron Martin was set as writer and showrunner, as well as executive producing with Lemire.

In October 2020, Lemire revealed that the show will commence filming in 2022 as a six-episode mini-series with himself serving as writer, showrunner, and producer. The series, Essex County, premiered on March 19, 2023, on CBC Television.

The Nobody

In 2009, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint published Lemire's The Nobody, a two-colour tale of identity, fear and paranoia in a small community.

Sweet Tooth

Lemire wrote and illustrated the full-colour Vertigo series Sweet Tooth, published September 2009 to January 2013.

In May 2020, Netflix confirmed the release of the movie adaptation of Sweet Tooth as a series of eight episodes. Susan and Robert Downey Jr. take part in the project through their production company Team Downey. While on set during the filming of the pilot in New Zealand, Lemire was hit with an inspiration for how to revisit the world of Sweet Tooth in comics, which led to the 2020 six-issue miniseries Sweet Tooth: The Return.