Jeanette "Jett" Atwood is an

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and

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currently living in

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. A graduate of classical

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, Jett has worked on numerous

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s and

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s as a

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artist, animator, and writer.Sunstone Magazine Symposiu

p19, # 172 Ms. Atwood has contributed animation to Smart Bomb Interactive titles such as ''

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'' (8/2006) and '' Snoopy vs. the Red Baron'' (2006), in which she was also the writer. Atwood is a successful cartoonist with numerous works, both online

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and in print. She is the creator of ''Red Sparrow'', detailing the trials of a rookie superhero, the ''

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'' parody ''Frakkin' Toasters'' and the ''

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'' parody '' Battle On''. Some of her strips from ''Battle On'' have been reprinted and featured in the books ''Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor: Warrior Stars of Xena'' and ''How Xena Changed Our Lives'', both by Nikki Stafford. Atwood is a regular contributor to ''

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''. In 2005 her comic ''Puzzles'' was collected in the

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-nominated anthology, ''24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2005''. It was her first

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. For the 2006 24 Hour Comic Day, Jett created a sequel, ''Loose Threads''. It revisits the characters approximately a year and a half after the events of ''Puzzles'' (that being the amount of time between the competition.) A year afterward, the final chapter, ''Word Games'', was completed as part of the 2007 24 Hour Comic Challenge. Jett Atwood collaborated on a comic book series, ''iPlates'', with writer Stephen Carter. In August 2012, ''iPlates Volume 1'' was published and received largely positive reviews on various blogs. The book details the epic adventures of the main character Zeniff as he attempts to defend his city from an invading army, and is based on stories in the Book of Mormon. Volume 2 () was released following a successful

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campaign. In 2016 Atwood illustrated a book in the ''For Beginners'' series, ''Mormonism for Beginners'' (), also written by Carter. Patrick Q. Mason, chair of Mormon studies at

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, praised Atwood's "clever illustrations."

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TG-StudiosRed SparrowFrakking ToastersSunstoneSmart Bomb InteractiveiPlates Blog
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