Jim Mahfood (born March 29, 1975), a.k.a. Food One, is an American

comic book creator developed specialized terminology. Some several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, R. C. Harvey and Dylan Horrocks. Much of the terminology in English is ...

. Apart from his creator-owned comic book series ''Grrl Scouts'' and his comic strip ''Stupid Comics'' (which appears weekly in the ''

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'') he also did work for

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on various Spider-Man titles, including '' Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' and ''

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''. His big break came when

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hired him to illustrate two comic books based on

Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film '' Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, ...

's movie ''

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'' from scripts by Smith, following his work on

''Generation X Underground Special''.

Career

At the age of 18 Mahfood attended the

Kansas City Art Institute The Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) is a private art school in Kansas City, Missouri. The college was founded in 1885 and is an accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and Higher Learning Commission. It has approx ...

, where he met Mike Huddleston and formed 40 Oz Comics. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1997 and went on to produce many comics with his own unique style, heavily influenced by

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and underground hip hop culture. He frequently features his characters wearing T-shirts promoting local or underground hip hop, funk, jazz or punk bands. Mahfood himself is heavily involved in his local music scene, often doing live mural art during hip hop and DJ events. Mahfood also contributed to the anthology Side B: The Music Lover's Comic Anthology by Poseur Ink. In his contribution, he talks about his appreciation for experimental musician Gary Wilson. In 2008, Mahfood was commissioned to supply all of the art and ads for that year's

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ad campaign.

Bibliography

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'' (written by Kevin Smith) *''Clerks Holiday Special'' (written by Kevin Smith) *''Grrl Scouts'' *''Grrl Scouts: Work Sucks'' *''40 Oz Collected'' *''Classic 40 oz: Tales from the brown bag'' *''Bad Ideas'' (collaboration with Wayne Chinsang and Dave Crosland) *''Putting the Backbone Back'' *''Felt: True tales of underground hip hop'' *''The Further Adventures of One Page Filler Man'' *''Carl, The Cat That Makes Peanut Butter Sandwiches'' *''Mixtape Art Book (3 Volumes)'' *'' You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel'' by MF Grimm (artwork and 13-page comic book) *''

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'' (graphic novel) *'' Kickpuncher'' by Troy Barnes (as illustrator) *''Side B: The Music Lover's Graphic Novel'' (anthology contribution, published by Poseur Ink in 2009) *''Marijuana Man'' (collaboration with Ziggy Marley and Joe Casey) *''Everybody Loves Tank Girl'' (2012)

Notes

References

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Jim Mahfood
on Marvel.com

External links

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Jim Mahfood featured in "Shades of Ray" at WWA gallery

Interviews

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