Phil Jimenez (born July 12, 1970, in Los Angeles, California) is an American comic book artist and writer, known for his work as writer/artist on Wonder Woman from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005-2006 miniseries Infinite Crisis, and his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The Invisibles.
Lynda Carter was and remains the living embodiment of Wonder Woman. It's cliché' to say at this point, but it's true. But [by] inhabiting this character and bringing her to life in such an honorable way, Lynda helped chart the course of my life. I wanted to be a human being who lived up to the ideals Lynda preached through the Wonder Woman character, and I wanted to draw the adventures of someone as wise and beautiful as Lynda herself. Lynda's influence on my life cannot be underestimated; indeed, my brief meeting with her that left me stuttering and literally brought me to tears. Thank you, Lynda, for everything!
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I had this debate over whether Wonder Woman should beat up or kill her foes. I had this gay guy come up and tell me he couldn't wait to see Wonder Woman beat the shit out of people because he was this poor bullied kid in his school and he was bullied for being gay, and comic books, particularly Wonder Woman, was the one place where he could see heroes actually beat the bad guys - and that he always stuck with me, that he needed to see his female heroes, especially Wonder Woman, beat up people. My needs and what I got out of her as a young gay person were obviously different from the needs of this gay person who needed a much more revenge-filled comic to sort of invest in.
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[on why his character Trevor Barnes from the Wonder Woman comic was poorly received by readers] I think race was a huge issue and I also think that advanced press was an issue because prior to his appearance it had been circulated that Trevor would deflower her. Readers were outraged that it wasn't Steve Trevor, let alone that it was a tall, Black man, which was horrifying enough to them ... Someone said to me, "Well, she's probably met Brad Pitt and Colin Farrell, so why would he be so hot to her?" I thought that comment was so telling; that the two examples he cited were icons of White, beautiful maleness. It's as if to say, after seeing "this" beauty, how could she possibly think "that" is attractive? That, to me, said a lot about why some people couldn't respond to him. Because "they" couldn't imagine finding someone like him attractive, how on Earth could Wonder Woman?
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
2011
Documentary
Jimself
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Spider-Man
2002
hand double: Tobey McGuire
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Revolutionizing a Classic: From Comic Book to Television - The Evolution of Wonder Woman from Page to Screen
2005
Video documentary short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
2015
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
Dare2Draw the Series
2014
TV Series
Himself - Host
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Artist / Himself - Artist, New X-Men
Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods
2010
Documentary
Himself
Revolutionizing a Classic: From Comic Book to Television - The Evolution of Wonder Woman from Page to Screen
2005
Video documentary short
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Replacement Gods
2012
Video documentary
Himself - Artist, The Invisibles
Known for movies
Revolutionizing a Classic: From Comic Book to Television - The Evolution of Wonder Woman from Page to Screen (2005) as Thanks
Spider-Man (2002) as Miscellaneous Crew
Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods (2010) as Himself
$12 Million
