Aaron Martin was set as writer and showrunner, as well as executive producing with Lemire. In December 2015, it was announced that First Generation Films had optioned the rights to Essex County to develop the graphic novel as a television series from Canada's CBC. Ģ012 saw the publication of a new graphic novel from Top Shelf called The Underwater Welder, which was released to critical acclaim. In June 2011 it was announced that visual effects artist John Dykstra will direct an adaptation of Essex County entitled Super Zero. Lemire wrote and illustrated the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated Essex County Trilogy for Top Shelf in 2008–2009. Lemire's work was part of the 'Comic Craze' exhibit, which showcased Canadian comics and narrative fiction. In 2006 Lemire's work was included in an international symposium gathering artists, scholars, curators, publishers, librarians, critics, and writers at the Banff Centre. Lemire serialized a science-fiction strip called Fortress in the quarterly UR Magazine.

Career 2000s Early work Īfter self-publishing the Xeric Award-winning comic book Lost Dogs in 2005 via his Ashtray Press imprint, Lemire found a home at Top Shelf Productions. Lemire attended film school, but decided to pursue comics when he realized that filmmaking did not suit his solitary personality. Lemire was born and raised in Woodslee, Ontario in Essex County, near Lake St.

Lemire has also collaborated with musicians such as Eddie Vedder on his Matter of Time animated video and Gord Downie on Secret Path, a multimedia storytelling project. In 2021, Sweet Tooth was adapted as a Netflix television series through Susan and Robert Downey Jr.'s production company Team Downey, with Lemire serving as an on-set consultant. His written work includes All-New Hawkeye, Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight and Old Man Logan for Marvel Superboy, Animal Man, Justice League Dark, and Green Arrow for DC Black Hammer and Mazebook for Dark Horse Descender and Gideon Falls for Image Comics and Bloodshot Reborn for Valiant. He is the author of critically acclaimed titles including the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth, and The Nobody.

Jeff Lemire ( / l ə ˈ m ɪr/ born March 21, 1976) is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, and television producer.

Black Hammer, Vol. 2 by Jeff Lemire