110-691: Jim Lee ( Korean : 이용철 ; born August 11, 1964) is a Korean-born American comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. As of 2023, he is the President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics . In recognition of his work, Lee has received a Harvey Award , Inkpot Award and three Wizard Fan Awards . Lee got his start in the industry in 1987 as an artist for Marvel Comics , illustrating titles such as Alpha Flight and The Punisher War Journal before becoming widely popular through his work on The Uncanny X-Men . On that book, Lee worked with writer Chris Claremont , with whom he co-created
220-612: A system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from
330-461: A " Batman Black and White " backup story for the first issue of Batman: Gotham Knights (March 2000). In 2003, he collaborated on a 12-issue run on Batman with writer Jeph Loeb . " Hush " became a sales success. That same year, Ubisoft released Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu , a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game whose titular villain was designed by Lee, a fact that served as the main draw to
440-493: A 12-issue series called Divine Right: The Adventures of Max Faraday , in which an internet slacker inadvertently manages to download the secrets of the universe, and is thrown into a wild fantasy world. Due to declining sales across the U.S. comics industry, and his view that his role as publisher and growing family demands interfered with his role as an artist, Lee left Image Comics and sold WildStorm to DC Comics in late 1998, enabling him to focus once again on art. He drew
550-476: A Boo Berry design by Lee, a Count Chocula design by Terry Dodson and a Franken-Berry design by Dave Johnson. Describing the task of designing a cartoon character, Lee explained, "Drawing simpler characters is a lot more work and harder than drawing something that's more complicated or has a lot of renderings. Every line counts and every distance between the eyes and the ears, it's all super critical." In February 2015, DC released The Multiversity : Mastermen ,
660-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
770-760: A New York comics convention, where he met editor Archie Goodwin . Goodwin invited Lee to Marvel Comics, where the aspiring artist received his first assignment by editor Carl Potts , who hired him to pencil the mid-list series Alpha Flight , seguéing from that title in 1989 to Punisher: War Journal . Lee's work on the Punisher: War Journal was inspired by artists such as Frank Miller, David Ross, Kevin Nowlan , and Whilce Portacio , as well as Japanese manga . In 1989, Lee filled in for regular illustrator Marc Silvestri on Uncanny X-Men #248 and did another guest stint on issues 256 through 258 as part of
880-667: A better, safer life for their family, and moved to the United States when Lee was in elementary school. They lived in Warren, Ohio , and Youngstown, Ohio , before settling in St. Louis, Missouri , where Lee lived a "typical middle-class childhood". Lee attended River Bend Elementary School in Chesterfield and later St. Louis Country Day School , where he drew posters for school plays. Having had to learn English when he first came to
990-503: A color rather than an issue number), two each produced by the respective companies, plus a prologue and epilogue book. Wildstorm produced Deathmate Black , with Lee himself contributing to the writing. He illustrated the covers for that book, the Deathmate Tourbook and the prologue book, as well as contributing to the prologue's interior inks. WildStorm would expand its line to include other ongoing titles whose creative work
1100-561: A complete collection of the covers. Lee designed new character uniforms for the series, including those worn by Cyclops , Jean Grey , Rogue , Betsy Braddock and Storm . He also created the villain Omega Red . Lee's style of rendering the X-Men was later used for the designs the television program X-Men: The Animated Series . Actor/comedian Taran Killam , who ventured into comics writing with The Illegitimates , has cited X-Men #1 as
1210-480: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
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#17327838184601320-441: A disguise was something Lee sympathized with, as he felt that he exhibited an "American side" at school, and then his "Korean side" at home. He developed a desire to one day work in comics between the ages of nine and twelve. Though given a Korean name at birth, he chose the name Jim when he became a naturalized U.S. citizen at age 12. Lee attended Princeton University . During his junior year in 1984, Lee drew editorial cartoons for
1430-413: A fabulous talent...Jim is new and astonishing. I don't know how old Jim is, I presume he's young, and apart from admiring his wonderful technique — even though it's a trifle overdone; it makes my stuff look like simplicity — I just love the fabulous style that he does it with. I wonder how he can keep that up as a monthly thing for X-Men ." Five years later, however, after having come to regret working on
1540-463: A few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to
1650-557: A former president of the River Bend Association, a zoning watchdog group), the members "passed the hat" at neighborhood meetings, engaged legal help, drew up metes and bounds, and forced several failed public votes for incorporation. After a number of years, in 1988, The City of Chesterfield was finally established by its residents and their families, and has thrived as perhaps West County's premier residential, business, retail, and transportation center. On July 30, 1993,
1760-416: A heated argument that prompted Lee to flee his house. His father pursued him and reconciled with him, expressing understanding of his commitment to his dreams. Lee says that this influenced him to refrain from ever placing the same level of pressure on his own children. Earning the reluctant blessing of his parents, Lee vowed that he would attend medical school if he did not break into the comic book industry in
1870-430: A margin of error of +/- $ 10,152) and the median family income was $ 150,240 (+/- $ 8,440). Males had a median income of $ 92,020 (+/- $ 6,293) versus $ 44,789 (+/- $ 4,524) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $ 65,404 (+/- $ 5,414). Approximately, 1.8% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.8% of those under the age of 18 and 3.5% of those ages 65 or over. As of
1980-540: A piece of paper and a pencil... I enter this fugue state, hours go by and it feels like 15 minutes, and at the end, I have this incredible sense of satisfaction because I went on this journey and I've created something. Typing something into a prompt and getting something two minutes later? I'm robbing myself of the whole point of why I got into this business." When asked about his artistic inspirations, Lee cited Neal Adams , John Byrne , Kevin Nowlan , Mike Mignola , Art Adams , Milo Manara , and Barry Windsor-Smith . In
2090-565: A pocket for the Overstreet Price Guide , and an anti-theft zipper lock. In addition to the Batman artwork by Lee that adorns both backpacks, the collectors version features batarang zipper pulls. In late February 2020, following the departure of Co-Publisher Dan DiDio, Lee became the sole Publisher of DC Comics. The following month, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic , Lee began a 60-day series of daily sketches, auctioning off
2200-574: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
2310-595: A strip mall called the Chesterfield Commons. According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: St. Louis County Library Samuel C. Sachs Branch is in Chesterfield. Faust Park contains a playground, historical village, walking trail, carousel, and The Butterfly House , which opened in 1998. A nearby cement butterfly sculpture by Bob Cassilly
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#17327838184602420-457: Is a private high school. Logan College of Chiropractic offers undergraduate and graduate level courses on Chiropractic, Pre-Chiropractic, Sport Science and Rehabilitation medicine. Interstate 64 (locally referred to as "Highway 40") runs East-West through Chesterfield. There are seven exits serving the city (numbers 14-21). Missouri Route 340 (a.k.a., Olive Blvd.) runs on East-West through much of Chesterfield, before turning Southwest near
2530-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
2640-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
2750-407: Is known to have been a site of Native American inhabitation for thousands of years. A site in western Chesterfield containing artwork and carvings has been dated as 4,000 years old. A Mississippian site, dated to around the year 1000, containing the remains of what have been identified as a market and ceremonial center, is also located in modern Chesterfield. The present-day city of Chesterfield
2860-442: Is known to use F lead for his pencil work . While inking his own pencils on The Punisher War Journal , Lee began using a crowquill nib for the first time. When illustrating full page commissions or sketches, Lee uses the drybrush technique in order to achieve greytone areas with an uneven texture, applying india ink to the paper and then rubbing it with a tissue, or by using a brush to fill in areas of black, and then using
2970-587: Is made up of several smaller historical communities, including: On January 24, 1967, a violent F4 tornado ripped a 21-mile (34 km) path of destruction across St. Louis County. It was the fourth-worst tornado to hit the St. Louis metro area and the most recent F4 tornado to hit the city. The tornado developed near the Chesterfield Manor nursing home and then moved through River Bend Estates and across northeast St. Louis County. The name "Chesterfield"
3080-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
3190-439: Is no emotional investment...I look at Jim Lee's work, and the guy's learning how to draw. He has some craft to what he does...I don't think it has even crossed their minds that comic books can be a medium for intimate self-expression." Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It
3300-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
3410-581: Is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has
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3520-734: Is tied thematically to a member of the Justice League, the first of which was a Batman-themed Kia Optima . A Superman-themed version inspired by Lee's art followed in February 2013. In 2013, Lee designed a new version of the Mortal Kombat character Scorpion for use in the DC fighting video game Injustice: Gods Among Us . On May 4, 2013, DC published a Free Comic Book Day sneak preview of Superman Unchained , an ongoing series written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Lee, which
3630-747: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
3740-534: The DC Universe Online video game were the cause, and not Miller's scripts, which had been completed for some time. All-Star also drew controversy for Miller's dialogue, pacing and depiction of the characters, garnering reviews that were mixed to negative, though Lee's art was praised, and the book enjoyed excellent sales. A total of 10 issues were produced of that series, the tenth issue being released on September 24, 2015. In September 2015 Lee indicated
3850-524: The Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations , was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to
3960-719: The Page Avenue Extension (Route 364) at the Maryland Heights Expressway . Public transportation is provided by Metro and connects Chesterfield to many other portions of Greater St. Louis by numerous bus routes. Spirit of St. Louis Airport is located in the Chesterfield Valley; the airport is owned by St. Louis County. Central Midland Railway (CMR), a division of Progressive Rail Inc. of Minnesota, provides regular freight rail service to industrial customers located in
4070-451: The Syfy reality television competition series Face Off , in which special effects makeup artists compete to create the best makeup according to each episode's theme. Lee and DiDio presented the contestants with that episode's challenge, to create a new superhero, with six DC Comics artists on hand to help them develop their ideas. The winning entry's character, Infernal Core by Anthony Kosar,
4180-568: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
4290-481: The United Service Organizations (USO), where they visited the approximately 12,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in that country as part of DC's 80th anniversary of Batman celebration. On June 5, 2019, Lee and the fashion accessory brand HEX launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for two Batman-branded backpacks designed specifically for comics artists and collectors. The former,
4400-495: The census of 2010, there were 47,484 people, 19,224 households, and 13,461 families living in the city. The population density was 1,494.1 inhabitants per square mile (576.9/km ). There were 20,393 housing units at an average density of 641.7 per square mile (247.8/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 86.5% White , 2.6% African American , 0.2% Native American , 8.6% Asian , 0.7% from other races , and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of
4510-642: The floodplain of the Missouri River , now known as Chesterfield Valley, formerly as Gumbo Flats. Here several small creeks empty into the Missouri River ( Caulks Creek and Bonhomme Creek ). This area was submerged during the Great Flood of 1993 ; higher levees built since then have led to extensive commercial development in the valley. Chesterfield Valley is the location of Spirit of St. Louis Airport , used for corporate aviation, as well as
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4620-530: The gap year he allotted for himself. He set up a small drafting table next to his bed, and would spend 8 to 10 hours each day drawing, to the point that he suffered from sore knuckles and a pinched nerve that required his father to give him a shoulder brace. The samples that Lee initially submitted to various publishers did not find success. When he befriended St. Louis-area comics artists Don Secrease and Rick Burchett , they convinced him he needed to show his portfolio to editors in person, prompting Lee to attend
4730-412: The " Acts of Vengeance " storyline, eventually becoming the series' ongoing artist with issue #268, following Silvestri's departure. During his stint on Uncanny , Lee first worked with inker Scott Williams , who would become a long-time collaborator. During his run on the title, Lee co-created the character Gambit with long-time X-Men writer Chris Claremont . Lee's artwork quickly gained popularity in
4840-628: The " Wildstorm Rising " crossover story arc that ran the previous year in the books of Lee's creator-owned studio, WildStorm Productions , Windsor-Smith expressed a different assessment of Lee in an interview with The Comics Journal . Windsor-Smith criticized the depth of the work of artists like Lee and Rob Liefeld , and those whom they influenced (whom he referred to as "the Liefelds and the Lees"), stating: "Your Jim Lees and all this lot, their product hasn't got anything to do with them, you know? There
4950-968: The 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By the 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
5060-429: The 2010 San Diego Comic-Con . The sales figures were generated in part by publishing the issue with five different variant covers, four of which show different characters from the book that formed a single image when laid side by side, and a fifth, gatefold cover of that combined image, large numbers of which were purchased by retailers who anticipated fans and speculators who would buy multiple copies in order to acquire
5170-593: The Chesterfield Valley. CMR operates the far eastern segment of the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway 's St. Louis to Kansas City main line that was constructed in 1870. The active portion of the former CRI&P line runs from the north side of St. Louis, where it connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and Union Pacific Railroad , and now terminates in Union, Missouri . A primary rail customer in Chesterfield
5280-424: The February 1991 issue of Amazing Heroes , writer/artist Barry Windsor-Smith was being interviewed for his Wolverine story Weapon X , and touching upon the then-current X-Men comics, Windsor-Smith stated: "I don't particularly read the stuff either, even though there's this great new illustrator on the book named Jim Lee...He's leaps ahead of everybody else as regards new talent. Talk about 'rivet men!" He's
5390-466: The HEX x Jim Lee Artist Backpack, is designed with features specifically for transporting art supplies and portfolios, such as a 11" x 17" dedicated portfolio cases, waterproof pockets for inks and paints, and organizers for brushes and pens. The latter, the HEX x Jim Lee Collectors Backpack, is designed with features for transporting art collections, such as fleece-lined pockets for comics, a poster tube holder,
5500-712: The Heroes Reborn lineup indefinitely, but under the condition that Lee would draw at least one of them himself, which he refused to do. Instead, he accepted an offer to re-imagine and relaunch (in the role of editor) three mainstream Marvel Universe titles: Defenders , Doctor Strange , and Nick Fury . Though scheduled to debut in December 1997, these three relaunches never appeared. Lee returned to WildStorm, where he would publish series such as The Authority and Planetary , as well as Alan Moore 's imprint, America's Best Comics . Lee himself wrote and illustrated
5610-646: The I-64 Interchange; its name changes to Clarkson Road south of this junction. Missouri Route 141 runs along the eastern border between Chesterfield and Town and Country . Route 141's northern terminus was, until recently, located in Chesterfield at Olive Blvd. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic (DHT) began construction of Route 141 in Chesterfield in 2009. MoDOT expanded Route 141 between just south of Ladue Road (Route AB) to Olive Boulevard (Route 340) . DHT extends Route 141 from Olive Road to
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#17327838184605720-713: The Thanksgiving Day television program See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special. The program was billed as a celebration of those communities, and introduced the series' first Asian American Muppet , a seven-year-old Korean girl named Ji-Young . The special premiered on HBO Max , PBSKids , Facebook , Instagram , and YouTube , as part of the Sesame Workshop 's "Coming Together" initiative, which endeavors to educate children about race, culture, and racial justice . It featured Lee showcasing his illustration of Ji-Young interacting with other Muppets. Lee
5830-564: The U.S. instilled in Lee with the sense of being an outsider, as did the "preppy, upper-class" atmosphere of Country Day. As a result, on the rare occasions that his parents bought him comics, Lee's favorite characters were the X-Men , because they were outsiders themselves. Lee says that he benefited as an artist by connecting with characters that were themselves disenfranchised, like Spider-Man , or who were born of such backgrounds, such as Superman, who
5940-623: The US comics industry. Lee and Rob Liefeld, another Marvel-illustrator-turned-Image-founder, returned to Marvel in 1996 to participate in a reboot of several classic characters; the project was known as Heroes Reborn . While Liefeld reworked Captain America and The Avengers , Lee plotted Iron Man and plotted and illustrated Fantastic Four issues #1–6. Halfway through the project, Lee's studio took over Liefeld's two titles, finishing all four series. According to Lee, Marvel proposed continuing
6050-662: The album booklet for Daughtry 's 2009 album Leave This Town . In February 2006, it was announced that Lee would be involved with the concept art for the DC Comics online game DC Universe Online . In 2008, Lee was named the Executive Creative Director of the forthcoming game, which at that time was expected to be released in 2009. In February 2010, Lee and Dan DiDio were named Co-Publishers of DC Comics by DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson . According to Lee, this did not indicate another move away from
6160-469: The basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since
6270-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
6380-599: The book that inspired his interest in comics. Stan Lee interviewed Lee in the documentary series The Comic Book Greats . Enticed by the idea of being able to exert more control over his own work, in 1992, Lee accepted the invitation to join six other artists who broke away from Marvel to form Image Comics , which would publish their creator-owned titles. Lee's group of titles was initially called Aegis Entertainment before being christened WildStorm Productions , and published Lee's initial title WildC.A.T.s , which Lee pencilled and co-wrote, and other series created by Lee in
6490-401: The brush to effect drybrush effects after it is nearly depleted of ink. To create white highlights, he uses a Pentel correction fluid pen. In talking about the artist's work ethic, Lee has said, "Sometimes I wonder if we ever really improve as artists or if the nirvana derived from completing a piece blinds us enough to love what we have created and move on to the next piece. If we could see
6600-493: The character Gambit . That led to a 1991 spinoff series on which Lee and Claremont were the initial creative team. The debut issue, X-Men #1, which Lee penciled and co-wrote with Claremont, became the best-selling comic book of all time, according to Guinness World Records . Lee's style was later used for the designs of the X-Men: The Animated Series . In 1992, Lee and several other artists founded
6710-498: The company, Lee became its sole publisher. Aside from illustrating comics, he has done work as a designer or creative director on other DC products, such as action figures, video games, branded automobiles and backpacks. Outside the comics industry, Lee has designed album covers, as well as the packaging of one of General Mills ' monster-themed cereal boxes for its 2014 Halloween collection. His private commission sketches command high prices ranging up to thousands of dollars. Jim Lee
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#17327838184606820-474: The cover of issue No. 12 drew media attention for its depiction of Superman and Wonder Woman in a passionate embrace, a rendition that Lee said was inspired by Gustav Klimt 's painting The Kiss and Alfred Eisenstaedt 's 1945 photograph V-J Day in Times Square . In July 2012, as part of San Diego Comic-Con , Lee and Dan DiDio participated in the production of "Heroic Proportions", an episode of
6930-545: The creative side of comics, as his Co-Publishing duties granted him greater creative involvement in the entire DC line and allow him to illustrate titles. DC announced they were ending the WildStorm imprint in September 2010. In September 2011, DC Comics instituted an initiative called The New 52 , in which the publisher cancelled all of its superhero titles and relaunched 52 new series with No. 1 issues, wiping out most of
7040-483: The departure of DC Entertainment's Diane Nelson , and Geoff Johns ' stepping down from his role as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of DC Comics, Lee was named DC's CCO, a role he would assume while continuing to act as publisher with Dan DiDio. In May and June 2019, Lee, writer Tom King , and CW series actresses Nafessa Williams , Candice Patton , and Danielle Panabaker toured five U.S. military bases in Kuwait with
7150-733: The end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from the Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that
7260-432: The eyes of enthusiastic fans, which allowed him to gain greater creative control of the franchise. In 1991, Lee helped launch a second X-Men series simply called X-Men vol. 2, as both the artist and as co-writer with Claremont. X-Men vol. 2 #1 is still the best-selling comic book of all-time with sales of over 8.1 million copies and nearly $ 7 million, according to a public proclamation by Guinness World Records at
7370-488: The first genetically modified potato being grown on 2 June 1987. Chesterfield is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of St. Louis . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 33.52 square miles (86.82 km ), of which 31.78 square miles (82.31 km ) is land and 1.74 square miles (4.51 km ) is water. Portions of Chesterfield are located in
7480-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
7590-505: The first of eight issues of Lee and writer Rob Williams ' new Suicide Squad series, as part of the DC Rebirth relaunch. In July 2017, Marvel decided to capitalize on Lee's popularity by releasing 29 of its books with covers reprinting Lee's art for its 1992 Series 1 X-Men trading cards. In March 2018, Lee and writer James Tynion IV launched the series The Immortal Men as part of DC's New Age of Heroes line. That June, following
7700-456: The fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of the population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it
7810-516: The game. In 2004 Lee illustrated " For Tomorrow ", a 12-issue story in Superman by writer Brian Azzarello . In 2005, Lee teamed with Frank Miller on All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder , a series plagued by delays, including a one-year gap between the releases of the fourth and fifth issues. Lee himself took full responsibility for the delays, explaining that his involvement with
7920-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
8030-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
8140-639: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
8250-455: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
8360-606: The levee that protected Gumbo Flats (now known as the Chesterfield Valley) from the Missouri River failed. This was the first time the levee had failed since 1935. The town was told to evacuate, and the whole area of Gumbo Flats was flooded by feet of water. Today, the area has become the Chesterfield Commons retail area. At the Chesterfield Village Research Center the first work on genetically-modified organisms took place, with
8470-622: The longest outdoor strip mall in America. According to the 2007–2011 American Community Survey estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $ 95,006, and the median income for a family was $ 88,568. Males had a median income of $ 94,322 versus $ 54,934 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 51,725. About 1.7% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over. The 2020 United States census counted 49,999 people, 19,378 households, and 13,458 families in Chesterfield. The population density
8580-415: The population grew, Chesterfield Mall and other retail and commercial real estate developments sprang up; however, many residents were concerned about the lack of quality public services, and that the municipal sales tax benefited the county instead of the community. An organization was formed calling itself the "Chesterfield Incorporation Study Committee." Headed by its president, John A. Nuetzel (himself
8690-416: The population was under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 90.3 males. The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that the median household income was $ 120,394 (with
8800-442: The population. There were 19,224 households, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.0% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
8910-436: The possibility of returning to the book to conclude it with Miller's originally intended ending, but this series was never produced. Lee continued to run WildStorm as editorial director, sometimes working on both DC and WildStorm properties simultaneously. In September 2006, Lee returned to WildC.A.T.s with Grant Morrison as the writer, but only one issue of that series' fourth volume was published. Lee provided artwork for
9020-724: The proceeds of each sketch to a different random brick and mortar store that had closed as a result of the pandemic. The endeavor, which was done in partnership with DC and the BINC Foundation, saw the completion of the final sketch in July 2021. That drawing, which depicted Jason Todd , sold for $ 25,100 on eBay , while the entire campaign raised a total of over $ 800,000 for beleaguered comics shops. On November 25, 2021, Lee appeared alongside several other Asian and Pacific Islander celebrities, including actor Simu Liu , tennis player Naomi Osaka , and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi , in
9130-638: The proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and a later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of
9240-496: The publishing company, Image Comics , to publish their creator-owned comics . Lee published titles such as WildC.A.T.s and Gen through his studio, WildStorm Productions . In 1998, wanting to spend less time as a publisher and more time illustrating, Lee sold WildStorm to DC Comics , and ran WildStorm as a DC imprint until 2010. During this period, he also illustrated successful titles set in DC's main fictional universe , such as
9350-613: The same shared universe . The other major series of the initial years of Wildstorm, for which Lee either created characters, co-plotted or provided art for, included Stormwatch , Deathblow and Gen . In 1993, Lee and his friend, Valiant Comics publisher Steven Massarsky , arranged a Valiant/Image Comics crossover miniseries called Deathmate , in which the Valiant characters would interact with those of WildStorm, and of Lee's fellow Image partner, Rob Liefeld . The miniseries would consist of four "center books" (each one denoted by
9460-607: The school newspaper, The Daily Princetonian . Lee's classmates predicted in his senior yearbook that he would found his own comic book company. Lee, however, was resigned to following his father's career in medicine, continuing at Princeton by studying psychology , with the intention of becoming a medical doctor. This was largely influenced by the strict expectations of his parents, whom Lee said were "really aggressive in terms of how they wanted me to find true success," owing to views about security and fear of failure that Lee describes as being typical in Korean households. In 1986, as he
9570-493: The seventh issue of Grant Morrison 's The Multiversity project, which Lee illustrated. That same year, Lee provided designs for a Batman action figure as part of the company's BlueLine Edition series, to be released at that year's San Diego Comic-Con. A Superman figure designed by Lee followed in 2016. November 2015 saw the debut of the miniseries Batman: Europa , on which Lee collaborated with writers Brian Azzarello and Matteo Casali and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli . The book, which
9680-669: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
9790-492: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Chesterfield, Missouri Chesterfield is a city in St. Louis County , Missouri , United States. It is a western suburb of St. Louis . As of the 2020 census , the population was 49,999, making it the state's 14th most populous city . The broader valley of Chesterfield was originally referred to as "Gumbo Flats", derived from its soil, which though very rich and silty, resembled gumbo when wet. Present-day Chesterfield
9900-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
10010-402: The then-current continuity. Lee and writer Geoff Johns , DC Comics' Chief Creative Officer, were the architects of the relaunch, which was initiated with a new Justice League series, written and illustrated by Johns and Lee, respectively. The series' first story arc was a new origin of the Justice League, which depicted the return of DC's primary superheroes to the team. Lee's illustration for
10120-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
10230-647: The work as it is, with years of reflection in the here and now, how many images would end up in the trash rather than on the racks?" In a March 2024 interview with Agence France-Presse , Lee was asked if AI-generated art was a threat to the comics industry. He replied, "We have to figure out a way to live in a world where it exists, and the source material from which it derives its content is properly credited and compensated. But even if it were accepted and someone were going to pay me to use an AI engine to create work, I just wouldn't do it. I don't create art just so I can have something to get paid for. I love sitting down with
10340-480: The year-long storylines " Batman: Hush " and " Superman: For Tomorrow "), books (including Superman Unchained ), and the New 52 run of Justice League . On February 18, 2010, it was announced that DC Comics had appointed Lee and Dan DiDio as its co-publishers (replacing Paul Levitz ). In June 2018, Lee was also appointed the company's chief creative officer, replacing Geoff Johns . In February 2020, when DiDio left
10450-416: Was 1,570.3 per square mile (606.4/km ). There were 20,263 housing units at an average density of 636.4 per square mile (245.8/km ). The racial makeup was 75.77% (37,886) white , 3.18% (1,591) black or African-American , 0.17% (87) Native American , 14.38% (7,192) Asian , 0.04% (21) Pacific Islander , 1.06% (529) from other races , and 5.39% (2,693) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race
10560-542: Was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age in the city was 46.6 years. 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.5% were from 25 to 44; 32.5% were from 45 to 64; and 20.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.8% male and 52.2% female. Reinsurance Group of America , Dierbergs , Kellwood , Amdocs , Aegion and Broadstripe have their headquarters in Chesterfield. Chesterfield has three malls, two of which are outlet malls as well as
10670-409: Was 2.7% (1,283) of the population. Of the 19,378 households, 29.1% had children under the age of 18; 61.9% were married couples living together; 23.4% had a female householder with no husband present. Of all households, 27.2% consisted of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.4 and the average family size was 3.0. 21.0% of
10780-401: Was an all-inclusive place-name for a vast, unincorporated sub-region of western St. Louis County (called "West County" by metro area residents) containing the unincorporated historical communities listed above, plus areas now incorporated as cities of their own (e.g., Ballwin ). Police and fire protection in the community were fragmented and sporadic, the former provided by St. Louis County. As
10890-518: Was born on August 11, 1964, in Seoul , South Korea. In a December 2023 interview, he describes his nostaglic memories of life in that country, where he first began drawing at a young age, using oil pastels with an art teacher who visited his home, and developing a love of Max Fleischer 's 1940s animated Superman series. His strongest memory of living in Seoul, however, was when, at the age of 4 or 5, he
11000-585: Was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by the yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as
11110-505: Was created by two Jewish men from Cleveland to lift their spirits during the Depression. Lee also connected with Superman because like Lee, Superman was "the ultimate immigrant", which helped him assimilate into American culture, and provided him a sense of "sanctuary" from the pressures he felt as an immigrant who did not fit in, and the shame he felt as a Korean. For this reason, Superman's practice of wearing eyeglasses in order to effect
11220-508: Was dedicated in 1999. Recreation facilities in Chesterfield include Chesterfield Amphitheater, Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex, and Chesterfield Family Aquatic Center. Rockwood School District serves the western portions of the city, and Parkway School District serves the east. District schools located in Chesterfield include: There are four private elementary schools: Chesterfield Day School, Chesterfield Montessori School, Ascension School, and Incarnate Word School. Barat Academy
11330-604: Was featured in Justice League Dark #16 (March 2013), which was published January 30, 2013. The episode premiered on January 22, 2013, as the second episode of the fourth season. In October 2012, DC Entertainment and Kia Motors America entered a partnership to benefit We Can Be Heroes, a campaign dedicated to fighting hunger in the Horn of Africa . The campaign involves the creation of eight Justice League-inspired vehicles, on whose designs Lee collaborated. Each vehicle
11440-535: Was given by landowner Justus Post who arrived in Missouri in 1815 and began amassing an estate in the location of the present-day city. Post had grown up in Vermont, not far from the town of Chesterfield, New Hampshire , which sits on the border between New Hampshire and Vermont. Although Post eventually left Missouri and moved to Illinois, his chosen placename of "Chesterfield" stuck. For many years, "Chesterfield"
11550-442: Was handled by other writers and artists, some of which were spinoffs of the earlier titles, or properties owned by other creators, such as Whilce Portacio 's Wetworks . As publisher, Lee later expanded his comics line creating two publishing imprints of WildStorm, Homage and Cliffhanger (that years later merged and were replaced by a single WildStorm Signature imprint), to publish creator-owned comics by some selected creators of
11660-403: Was hit by a small truck while crossing the street, later regaining consciousness in the hospital in the presence of his father, a doctor. Lee says that the incident increased his parents' sense of protectiveness as he grew older, and summarizes his early years by saying, "Comics. Trauma. Art. That was the be-all, end-all of my childhood." In the aftermath of the Korean War , Lee's parents desired
11770-587: Was inspired by Lee's time living in Italy, was originally announced by DC in 2004, and intended to feature Lee's painted art over Camuncoli's layouts, but after a series of delays, it was published with conventional artwork as a four-issue miniseries to positive reviews. In 2016, Lee was the main artist on the one-shot Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad April Fool's Special sharing art duties on that book with Sean Galloway. That August, DC released
11880-665: Was preparing to graduate, Lee took an art class that reignited his love of drawing, and led to his rediscovery of comics at a time when works such as Frank Miller 's The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ' Watchmen spurred a renaissance within the American comics industry. After obtaining his psychology degree, Lee, having grown to view a career in medicine to long escalator ride that he did not wish to make, decided to postpone applying to medical school for one year, in order to give himself time to break into comics. When he laid out this plan to his parents, it led to
11990-578: Was promoted to President of DC Comics in May 2023. In 2024 Jim Lee's art agent, Albert Moy, publicly announced for the first time in 15 years that Lee was accepting original sketch commissions that would be delivered to customers at conventions at which Lee would be in attendance. The prices ranged from USD $ 1,000 for 3.25" by 7" head shots in profile, to $ 25,000 to $ 35,000 for either full recreations of other artists' covers or 11" by 17", full figure, single character illustrations with substantial backgrounds. Lee
12100-687: Was published on June 12, 2013, and intended to coincide with the feature film Man of Steel , which opened two days later. In 2013, Lee was announced as a member of a newly formed advisory board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund , a non-profit organization founded in 1986 chartered to protect the First Amendment rights of the comics community. In 2014, General Mills enlisted the help of DC Comics to create new designs for its monster-themed cereals in time for Halloween. The designs, revealed on August 6, consisted of
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