Ahoy hoy. My name is JJ. I grew up in Simi Valley, California. I like cereal. A lot. I draw badly, but I try hard. I live in Orem, Utah with my lovely wife, Jennifer, and our 2 beautiful children, Magnolia and Venture. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelors from Utah Valley University in 2006 where I majored in animation and film. I really want an MFA in illustration, but life has been pretty busy since I started an artsy little company with my wife called BAM POP.
Music that makes everything better: Iron & Wine, Mates of State, The Flaming Lips, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, The Kings of Convenience, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grandaddy, Pinback, Belle and Sebastian, Múm, The Faint
TV that keeps me up too late: Foster's Home, Venture Bros, Home Movies, Futurama, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office (BBC, but I hear good things about NBC), Strangers with Candy, Lost, The Shield
People who make me want to work harder: Tomer Hanuka, Dan Clowes, Seth Fisher, Will Eisner, Winsor McCay, Charles Schultz, Alan Moore, Paul Pope, Wally Wood, Jack Kirby, Los Bros Hernandez, Jordan Crane, Darwyn Cooke, Ryan Ottley, Ruel Brown, Gian Pierotti, Hayao Miyazaki, Osamu Tezuka, my amazing professors, all of my friends at drawwithfriends.com and drawingboard.org, my family, and many many others. Hoy!