Jeff Butler

Special Guest
Jeff Butler has worked professionally as an illustrator, comic book and video game artist for over 40 years. Jeff broke into the comic book field in the early ‘80s, helping writer Mike Baron create The Badger for Capital Comics. He spent 5 years in the TSR Art Department (the creators of Dungeons&Dragons.) At TSR, he illustrated many D&D and DragonLance game products and was also the primary artist for the Marvel Superheroes Role Playing Game. In 1989, Jeff teamed with writer Ron Fortier to bring The Green Hornet back to comic books. Jeff would go on to illustrate other comics: The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Hercules and Xena, Charles Barkley vs. Godzilla, Jason vs. Leatherface, to name a few. Jeff’s comic art career was highlighted in an episode of Wisconsin Public Television’s Wisconsin Life program. His art has been featured nationally in TV Guide and The Children’s Television Workshop magazines, Universal Studios licensing, as well as in numerous posters, puzzles, and coloring books. Jeff also applied his talents in the video game industry as a 2D and 3D character designer and concept artist for Activision. He was the Lead Character Artist for games like X-Men Legends I & II and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. In all, he worked on 12 AAA video games such as, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, and Marvel Origins: Wolverine.
Jeff currently teaches Making Comics with renown cartoonist, Lynda Barry at his alma-mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also teaches drawing and illustration courses. During his ever-dwindling free time, Jeff continues to do freelance illustration and commissions.
You can see Jeff’s art at: www.jeff-butler.com and on Instagram @jeffbutlerart
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