John J. Muth Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1960 -

Jon J Muth (/mju??/; born July 28, 1960)[1] is an American comic book artist and children's book illustrator, known for his painted artwork.

Muth studied stone sculpture and shodo (??) (brush calligraphy) in Japan; and studied painting, printmaking, and drawing in England, Austria, and Germany.

His works include J. M. DeMatteis' graphic novel Moonshadow, Grant Morrison's The Mystery Play,[2] Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: The Wake[3][4] with Michael Zulli and Charles Vess, Mike Carey's Lucifer: Nirvana and Swamp Thing: Roots. Muth has had an award-winning career as a children's book writer and illustrator. He explained that "A sense of joy is what moved me from comics to picture books. My work in children's books grew out of a desire to explore what I was feeling as a new father."[5] He received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators in 1999 for his illustrations in Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse. Muth created a version of the stone soup fable set in China[6] and illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.