Jill Thompson (1966 - ) is a comic book writer and illustrator. She is probably most well known for her work on Neil Gaiman's Sandman characters, and for her own Scary Godmother series. She has also worked on Hellboy, The Invisibles, and Wonder Woman.

She won a 2004 Eisner Award for At Death's Door.

She's married to fellow comic book writer, Brian Azzarello

Jill Thompson and The Sandman

Jill Thompson was the illustrator of The Sandman story arc Brief_Lives (episodes 41-49), and the individual Sandman issue "The Parliament of Rooks" (episode 40) in the Fables and Reflections collection. Within this tale she created the immensely popular characters of Li'l Death and Li'l Morpheus, child-like versions of two of the Endless based on classic comic characters Sugar and Spike; these were later given their own book.

She has since written and illustrated several stories featuring the Sandman characters; these include the manga-style book Death: At Death's Door set during the events of Seasons of Mists, and the Li'l Endless Story Book, a children’s book using child-like versions of The Endless.

In 2005 Jill Thompson wrote and illustrated The Dead Boy Detectives, an original graphic novel based on two minor characters from Season of Mists.

Sandman Stories (Written by Neil Gaiman)

• "The Parliament of Rooks" in Fables and Reflections
• Brief Lives

Sandman-related stories (without Gaiman)

• At Death's Door (2003)
• The Dead Boy Detectives (2005)

Other comic books

• Scary Godmother
  • Scary Godmother (1997)
  • Revenge of Jimmy (1998)
  • The Mystery Date (1999)
  • Boo Floo (2000)
  • Wild about Harry (2001)
  • Ghoul's Out for Summer (2003)
  • Spooktacular Stories (2004)

• The Invisibles
  • The Invisibles: Say You Want a Revolution (as Illustrator)
  • The Invisibles: Apocalipstick (as illustrator)

• Hellboy
  • The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft
  • The Book of Hauntings

• Books of Magic
  • Death After Death (as illustrator)

Other material

• The Curse of the Royal Ruby: A Rinnah Two Feathers Mystery (as illustrator)
• X-files: Afterflight'' (as illustrator)
• The Secret of Dead Man's Mine: A Rinnah Two Feathers Mystery (as illustrator)

Trivia

• The character Etain of the Second Look, from Brief Lives, and much of the contents of her flat, were based on Thompson herself. Thompson first came to the attention of Sandman creator Neil Gaiman when he was given a nude sketch of Death she had drawn for him to sign at a convention; he was impressed enough to ask her to illustrate for the series.
• The looks of the character Ragged Robin (from The Invisibles) and The Joker's Daughter (from Kingdom Come) were also based on Thompson's likeness.

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