13 Facts About Jim Rugg

Jim Rugg was born on February 1,1977 and is an American cartoonist and illustrator from Pittsburgh known for his tongue-in-cheek evocation of 1970s-era comics and pop culture.

Jim Rugg co-hosted the YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe with fellow Pittsburgh native cartoonist Ed Piskor.

Jim Rugg was born in the town of Connellsville, Pennsylvania and moved to Pittsburgh.

Jim Rugg is inspired by television shows like The Office and Arrested Development, the films of Wes Anderson, Kobo Abe's writing, Todd Hido's photography, and Toba Khedoori's drawings and paintings.

Jim Rugg has a BFA in graphic design and painting from a small liberal arts college.

Janes series in 2008, Jim Rugg considered leaving the comics business.

Jim Rugg's fortunes began turning around in 2009, when he began working on Image Comics' One Model Nation and Dark Horse Comics' The Guild.

In 2010 Jim Rugg released Afrodisiac, collecting stories previously published in anthologies along with new material.

On March 30,2024, Jim Rugg announced that he had decided to end his professional relationship, such as Cartoonist Kayfabe, with Ed Piskor as a result of allegations against Piskor.

Jim Rugg currently teaches in the MFA Visual Narrative program at the School of Visual Arts.

The Cartoonist Kayfabe series created by Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg, significantly impacted the comic book community by revisiting classic comic books, discussing the processes and stories behind them, and featuring notable figures from the industry.

Jim Rugg was nominated for a 2010 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic for Rambo 3.5.

In 2011, Afrodisiac was nominated for an Eisner Award in the humor category, and in 2015, Jim Rugg won the Eisner for best publication design for Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream.