Born in Texas, Jim Blanchard has lived all across the U.S.A. and in Norway. From1982-1988, he was the editor and publisher of the punk rock/graphics zine Blatch. In 1987, he moved to Seattle,Washington, where he's been an illustrator, designer, and comic book artist, aswell as an art director for Fantagraphics Books. He nowlives in Bellingham, Washington, withhis wife Diana and his dog Lucius.