Wednesday Worlds of Wonder PSYCHO "Swordsman of Sarn in 'City of Living Light!' "

Created in 1971 for Skywald's b/w magazine Science Fiction Odyssey...

...this cover by Jeffrey Catherine Jones and the following story by writer Gardner Fox, penciler Jack Katz, and inker Vince Colletta were left homeless when the book was cancelled before publication.

However, both were presented in Skywald's Psycho #12 (1973!)!

Enjoy!

This was obviously-meant to be an ongoing high-adventure series in the John Carter/Gullivar Jones mold.

Sadly, there was no follow-up!
Note: Though the cover for Psycho #12 didn't really display Jeff Jones' art to best advantage...

 ...when the cover was reprinted in Toutain Editor's 1984 #36 (1982) in Spain...

...it got the treatment it deserved!

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Space Hero Saturdays FLASH GORDON "Monster Men of Tropica!"

Probably the Last Artist You'd Think of Illustrating Flash and Dale on Mongo...

...would be sword and sorcery/gothic fantasy artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones!

But, Jones was a serious Alex Raymond/Flash Gordon fan, so this work in Charlton's Flash Gordon #13 (1969), while a bit rough, showed enormous love and enthusiasm for the character.
And Charlton's notoriously-bad printing didn't help showcase Jones' art!

Written by Bill Pearson. Penciled and inked by Jeff Jones (as they were known then).

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Jeffrey Jones

A Life in Art

Reading Room IMAGINATION and RAVENS AND RAINBOWS "Explored"

"What are Saturn's rings made of?"

Writer/artist Jeffrey Jones had a better question...What if it wasn't what we thought it was?

Jones' short tale in David Jablan Publishing's one-shot fanzine Imagination (1971) offered a cool explanation.

Remember, the first probe to pass near Saturn, Pioneer 11, didn't do so until 1979!

While it was theorized that ice and rocks made up the rings, there was no way to verify it!

So the tale, though improbable, was not unreasonable!

By the time Pacific Comics reprinted the story in their anthology Jeffrey Jones: Ravens and Rainbows (1983), several probes (including two Voyagers) had done flybys and analysis.

Sadly, they didn't find a Sargasso Sea of Space...

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Reading Room RAVENS AND RAINBOWS "Bias"

Here's a tangled tale of time...

...as an alien plant's examination of a captive humanoid takes a lot longer than you might think!

Pacific Comics' one-shot Ravens & Rainbows (1983) was a compilation of Jeffrey Jones' fanzine work from the 1970s, most of it in color for the first time!

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A Life in Art

Reading Room SPASM! "Saved"

Jeffrey Catherine Jones was unique, even among comics professionals...

...in being able to minimize artwork down to solid areas and as little brushwork and texturing as possible.

Few in comic books could do a similar style and make it work, though Alex Toth comes to mind.

Written and illustrated by Jones, this never-reprinted short appeared in Last Gasp's Spasm! #1 (1973), a one-shot consisting entirely of Jones' stories and single-page illustrations!

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A Life in Art

Jeffrey Catherine Jones 1/10/44 ~ 5/19/11

From Esquire Magazine, 1972

Jones' autobiography conveys her life far better than I ever could.

Rest in Peace