Russ Jones

Russ Jones was born July 16, 1942, in Ontario. A Canadian novelist, illustrator, and magazine editor, he is best known for creating *Creepy*, the landmark black-and-white horror magazine for Warren Publishing. As its founding editor in 1963, Jones proved that a mature audience existed for graphic stories presented in a magazine format rather than traditional color comic books. He also pioneered original comics designed directly for paperback books, editing *Christopher Lee's Treasury of Terror* (Pyramid, 1966). Over a career spanning more than half a century, Jones contributed as an artist, inker, letterer, and writer to nineteen issues across titles such as *Famous Monsters of Filmland*, *Monster World*, and *Dracula: The Original Graphic Novel*. His work helped shape the horror-comics landscape of the 1960s and beyond.