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{{short description|American comics artist and writer}}
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'''Phil Jimenez''' (born July 12, 1970<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |author-link=John Jackson Miller |url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=June 10, 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=January 2, 2011 }}</ref>) is an American [[comics artist]] and writer known for his work as writer/artist on ''[[Wonder Woman (comic book)|Wonder Woman]]'' from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005–2006 miniseries ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', his collaborations with writer [[Grant Morrison]] on ''[[New X-Men (2001 series)|New X-Men]]'' and ''[[The Invisibles]],''<ref name="vert-invi">{{Cite book|last= Irvine|first= Alex|author-link= Alexander C. Irvine|contribution= The Invisibles|editor-last= Dougall|editor-first= Alastair|title= The Vertigo Encyclopedia|pages= 92–97|publisher= [[Dorling Kindersley]]|location= London, United Kingdom|year= 2008|isbn= 978-0-7566-4122-1|oclc= 213309015}}</ref> and his artistry for his 2021 critically acclaimed partnership with writer [[Kelly Sue DeConnick]] on ''Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Polo |first=Susana |date=2021-11-30 |title=Every page in Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons is a flex |url=https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22809766/wonder-woman-historia-amazon-review-dc-comics-kelly-sue-deconnick |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life==
Phil Jimenez was born and raised southern [[California]]. He attended the [[School of Visual Arts]] in [[Manhattan|Manhattan, New York]],<ref name=InTheLife>{{cite web|url= http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/12.html|title= A Cartoonists Life|date= January 2007|publisher= Inthelifetv.org|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071117234331/http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/12.html|archive-date= November 17, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=Prism>{{cite web|url= http://prismcomics.org/profile.php?id=32|title= Phil Jimenez|date= November 12, 2005|publisher= Prism Comics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070814201143/http://www.prismcomics.org/profile.php?id=32|archive-date= August 14, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all|quote= Born and raised in southern California, and trained at NYC's School of Visual Arts, Phil Jimenez has worked in comics since 1991.}}</ref> where he majored in cartooning. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in 1991.<ref name=VAJournal>Bussmann, Christopher. "What's in Store" ''Visual Arts Journal: School of Visual Arts Magazine'' vol. 18, no. 2; Fall 2010; Page 11</ref>

==Career==
After graduating from SVA, Jimenez was hired by [[DC Comics]] Creative Director [[Neal Pozner]] at age 21,<ref name="InTheLife"/> with his first published work illustrating four pages in the 1991 miniseries ''[[War of the Gods (comics)|War of the Gods]]''.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Phil+Jimenez|title= Phil Jimenez}}</ref><ref name="BackLives">{{cite journal|last=Mangels|first=Andy|date=August 2006|title=Phil Jimenez Chats About the Many Lives of Donna Troy|journal=[[Back Issue!]] |issue=17|pages=67–69|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Pozner was HIV-positive when he and Jimenez started dating, and was hesitant about dating someone younger and HIV-negative. Nonetheless, Jimenez became both Pozner's partner and caretaker, saying:

[[File:Tim Gunn and Phil Jimenez2.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Jimenez with [[Tim Gunn]] at [[Midtown Comics]] Times Square in Manhattan, for the September 9, 2009 signing of ''Models, Inc.'', the first issue of which features Jimenez's illustration of Gunn on the cover, the art for which Gunn is holding in the photo]]
{{blockquote|Neal Pozner was my first editor, and he was probably my greatest mentor at DC Comics. He was an incredibly talented man, with some very strong opinions about the way things should be done. I developed a crush on him the minute I met him, and I wanted to know more about him, and I wanted to be with him all the time. So I'd hang out with him at work, in the offices, far later than I had any reason to. I would buy clothes I couldn't afford to impress him. And eventually, I mustered the nerve to ask him on a date. And he was 15 years older than I was. And he had been my boss. And so, against his better judgement, he said yes. And it actually ended up being a really wonderful relationship.<ref name="InTheLife"/>}}

Following Neal Pozner's death in 1994, Jimenez wrote and illustrated the 1996 DC miniseries, ''Tempest'', based on a character from Pozner's late-1980s ''[[Aquaman]]'' series.<ref name="GCD" /> In the last issue, Jimenez dedicated the miniseries to Pozner, and wrote an editorial page in which he came out publicly for the first time. "It got over 150 letters," he says, "including the classic letter from the kid in Iowa: 'I didn't know there was anyone else like me.' That's what counts. It meant a lot to people."<ref name="Pilcher">{{cite book|last= Pilcher|first= Tim|title= Erotic Comics 2: A Graphic History from the Liberated '70s to the Internet|publisher= [[Abrams Books]]|date= 2009|location= New York, New York|isbn= 978-0810972773|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=bR-kCgAAQBAJ&q=Phil+Jimenez+classic+letter+from+the+kid+in+Iowa&pg=PT199}}</ref><ref name=Advocate>{{citation |last=Kim |first=Chuck |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l2QEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66 |title=Drawn to Spider-Man |work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |date=May 14, 2002 }}</ref>

Much of Jimenez's work is related to works by [[George Pérez]], whose art strongly influenced Jimenez.<ref name="BackLives"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.heroesanddragons.com/Archive/Interviews/PhilJimenez/DEFAULT.htm|title= Phil Jimenez Talks About ''The Invisibles''|first= Scott|last= Simmons|date= February 1997|publisher= Heroesanddragons.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090816182213/http://www.heroesanddragons.com/Archive/Interviews/PhilJimenez/DEFAULT.htm|archive-date= August 16, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all|quote= George Pérez is and will always remain my biggest comic-book influence, no doubt about it. I owe my career to his influence. It seems we also share very similar sensibilities; I was drawn to George's work the moment I saw it.}}</ref> Jimenez has worked on several ''[[Teen Titans]]''-related series (some issues of the ongoing series ''New Titans'' and ''Team Titans'', and the miniseries ''JLA/Titans'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Manning|first1= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1990s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 285 |quote = Writer Devin Grayson and artist/co-plotter Phil Jimenez revived another stalled DC property in the ''JLA/Titans'' miniseries.}}</ref> ''The Return of Donna Troy'' and ''[[Garth (comics)|Tempest]]''),<ref name="GCD" /> was the main artist of ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', a sequel to ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', and did a long run as writer/artist of ''Wonder Woman'' beginning with issue #164 (Jan. 2001).<ref>Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 298: "The 'Gods of Gotham' storyline marked the start of Phil Jimenez's run on the series as artist and writer (with J. M. DeMatteis on board as co-scripter for the first arc)."</ref> Pérez had worked on the series in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Pérez and Jimenez would also co-write a two–part story together in ''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) issues #168–169 in 2001. Jimenez would leave as series writer/artist with issue #188 in March 2003. Jimenez and Pérez also have worked together in 2005–2006 in the miniseries ''Infinite Crisis''<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 323: "A hugely successful, seven-part miniseries, ''Infinite Crisis'' was a sequel to 1985's ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. Written by Geoff Johns with art by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Jerry Ordway, Ivan Reis, and Andy Laning, ''Infinite Crisis'' was an epic crossover that revamped the DC Universe."</ref> (where Jimenez was the main penciller, and Pérez drew some sequences and covers for the series) and ''DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy'' (written by Jimenez and inked by Pérez).<ref name="GCD" />

Jimenez is also known for his work on various titles for DC Entertainment's "mature readers" imprint, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], including ''[[Swamp Thing (comic book)|Swamp Thing]]'', ''[[The Invisibles]]'' with writer [[Grant Morrison]], and his own creator-owned series, the sci-fi/fantasy mashup ''[[Otherworld (DC Comics)|Otherworld]]''. In 2003, Jimenez drew several story arcs of Morrison's ''[[New X-Men (2001 series)|New X-Men]]'' run.<ref name="GCD" />

[[File:6.12.11PhilJimenezByLuigiNovi4.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Jimenez supervising a June 12, 2011 figure drawing class at the LGBT Center in Manhattan]]
It was announced at the 2007 [[San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con]] that Jimenez had signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. He was one of the four artists working on Marvel's flagship title, ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', the company's sole Spider-Man title, in which Marvel upped its frequency of publication to three issues monthly, and inaugurated the series with the "back to basics" story arc "[[Spider-Man: Brand New Day|Brand New Day]]" at the beginning of 2008. His first work on Spider-Man was in the ''Free Comic Book Day 2007: Spider-Man'' #1 (June 2007) comic book, with writer [[Dan Slott]], which served as a prelude to "Brand New Day".<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Cowsill|first1 = Alan|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 2000s|title = Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|date= 2012|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 304 |isbn= 978-0756692360|quote= Written by Dan Slott and drawn by Phil Jimenez, [it] was given away to promote the start of the web-slinger's new era.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=122801|title= SDCC '07: Phil Jimenez/Marc Guggenheim Sign Exclusive with Marvel|first= Matt|last= Brady|date= July 27, 2007|work= [[Newsarama]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090814231228/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=122801|archive-date= August 14, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Jimenez and writer [[Bob Gale]] co-created the [[Freak (Spider-Man villain)|Freak]] in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #552 (March 2008).<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 311: "Writer Bob Gale and artist Phil Jimenez introduced another super villain to the Spiderverse – Freak"</ref> [[Kraven the Hunter (Ana Kravinoff)|Ana Kravinoff]], the daughter of [[Kraven the Hunter]], was introduced in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #565 (September 2008) by Jimenez and [[Marc Guggenheim]].<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 313: "This issue introduced the latest member of the Kravinoffs – Kraven the Hunter's psychotic teenage daughter Ana."</ref> During his run, Jimenez drew the cover for ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #583, featuring [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="Cowsill319">Cowsill "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 319: "The variant edition sold out immediately and proved to be one of the best-selling Spider-Man issues of the year."</ref><ref name="George">{{cite web|url= http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/01/08/barack-obama-meets-spider-man|title= Barack Obama Meets Spider-Man|first= Richard|last= George|date= January 7, 2009|website= [[IGN]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160322235631/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/01/08/barack-obama-meets-spider-man|archive-date= March 22, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all|quote= Less than a week before his inauguration, the President-elect will meet Marvel's most popular superhero.}}</ref>

In 2009, Marvel Editor-in-Chief [[Joe Quesada]] announced that Jimenez would become the artist of ''[[Astonishing X-Men]]'' beginning with issue #31.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21679|title= Cup O' Q&A!|first= Joe|last= Quesada|author-link= Joe Quesada|date= June 19, 2009|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171121/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21679 |archive-date= March 3, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Jimenez co-wrote the book ''The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia'' with John Wells for [[Del Rey Books]] in 2010<ref name=EssentialWW>{{cite book |title=The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia |last=Jimenez |first=Phil |year=2010|location= New York, New York|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]|isbn=978-0-345-50107-3 }}</ref> and updated through Random House in 2015.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia |last=Jimenez |first=Phil |year=2015|publisher=[[Random House]]|isbn=978-0385365031}}</ref> He later returned to DC Comics, illustrating a brief stint on ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' featuring the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]], and ''[[Fairest (comics)|Fairest]]'', a spin-off of [[Bill Willingham]]'s series ''[[Fables (comics)|Fables]]''.<ref name="GCD" />

He appeared at the White House for the [[National Design Awards]] to present original art to [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Michelle Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://outlookcolumbus.com/2011/10/interview-drawing-inspiration-with-phil-jimenez/|title= Drawing Inspiration: An interview with Phil Jimenez|first= Chuck|last= Carnahan|date= October 1, 2011|publisher= [[Outlook Media|Outlook Ohio Magazine]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160510132553/http://outlookcolumbus.com/2011/10/interview-drawing-inspiration-with-phil-jimenez/|archive-date= May 10, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Jimenez appeared in a panel discussion on diversity in sci-fi/fantasy fandom in the March 19, 2015 episode of the [[Comedy Central]] humor and commentary program ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]'', along with Marvel Comics' director of content and character [[Sana Amanat]], hip-hop artist [[Jean Grae]] and comedian [[Mike Lawrence (comedian)|Mike Lawrence]]. During the discussion, Jimenez commented, "It feels strange to me that we would partition race, gender and nerd as if they were distinct things...All human beings are this combination of experiences and ideologies...Everybody's get some nerd in them. But the idea that, somehow, being a nerd is separate from one’s religious or moral or political beliefs is strange to me. We all bring everything to our decision-making on a daily basis."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/sana-amanat-and-phil-jimenez-tackle-fandom-and-diversity-on-the-nightly-show/|title= Sana Amanat and Phil Jimenez tackle fandom and diversity on ''The Nightly Show''|first= Kevin|last= Melrose|date= March 20, 2015|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150321235842/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/sana-amanat-and-phil-jimenez-tackle-fandom-and-diversity-on-the-nightly-show/|archive-date= March 21, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

As part of the [[DC Rebirth]] relaunch of DC's titles, Jimenez was the writer and artist of the ''[[Superwoman]]'' series from 2016 to 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.newsarama.com/28746-lois-lane-takes-flight-as-superwoman.html|title= Rebirth Superwoman is Lois...Question is, Which Lois?|first= Chris|last= Arrant|date= April 8, 2016|work=Newsarama|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160421004846/http://www.newsarama.com/28746-lois-lane-takes-flight-as-superwoman.html|archive-date= April 21, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He got involved with Rebirth when he was originally assigned to be the artist of ''Superman'' but after DC changed their publishing plan, he was asked to work on ''Superwoman''. Jimenez uses his own experiences and emotions and projects them onto the characters in his work. He uses the anxiety he experienced with his mother's death to relate to how Lana Lang deals with her losses.<ref name="Jusino">{{cite web|url= https://www.themarysue.com/interview-phil-jimenez-talks-superwoman/|title= Interview: Phil Jimenez Talks About the Rebirth of DC's ''Superwoman''|first= Teresa|last= Jusino|date= September 12, 2016|publisher= The Mary Sue|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160919162111/https://www.themarysue.com/interview-phil-jimenez-talks-superwoman/|archive-date= September 19, 2016|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> In addition, Jimenez wanted to create a female villain who was not sexually charged, and was motivated by something other than baby-making.<ref name="Jusino" /><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.freaksugar.com/phil-jimenez-superwoman-interview/|title= Phil Jimenez on ''Superwoman'' and Character Motivation|first= Jed W.|last= Keith|date= September 20, 2016|publisher= Freaksugar|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170103042701/http://www.freaksugar.com/phil-jimenez-superwoman-interview/|archive-date= January 3, 2017|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

In November 2021, Jimenez illustrated the first issue of ''Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 30, 2021|last=DeConnick|first=Kelly Sue|title=''Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons: Book One''|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KMGZPRB|publisher=[[DC Comics]]}}</ref> Written by [[Kelly Sue DeConnick]], the three-issue limited series takes place before the birth of [[Wonder Woman|Diana]] and tells of the creation of the [[Amazons (DC Comics)|Amazons]] and how [[Hippolyta (DC Comics)|Hippolyta]] became their queen. The second ''Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons'' issue was illustrated by [[Gene Ha]] and the third by [[Nicola Scott]]; an omnibus edition of the comics miniseries was released in June 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 6, 2023|last=DeConnick|first=Kelly Sue|title=''Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons''|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4Q7B6NX|publisher=[[DC Comics]]}}</ref>

==Other work==
A diorama enthusiast, Jimenez teaches a [[figure drawing|life drawing]] course as part of the undergraduate cartooning program at the [[School of Visual Arts]] in [[Manhattan]], where he himself once studied.<ref name="VAJournal" /><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/index.jsp?page_id=313&FID=3863 |title= Faculty|date= n.d.|publisher= [[School of Visual Arts]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060913174117/http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/index.jsp?page_id=313&FID=3863|archive-date= September 13, 2006|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He has held figure drawing classes outside of SVA, at places such as the LGBT Center in the West Village.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.geeksout.org/events/draw-phil-jimenez|title= DRAW! With Phil Jimenez!|date= 2011|publisher= [[Geeks OUT]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110526015357/http://www.geeksout.org/events/draw-phil-jimenez|archive-date= May 26, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all|quote= Come sketch some spandex-clad super heroes with comics industry superstar Phil Jimenez...at the LGBT Center in NYC!}}</ref>

Jimenez provided sketches seen in the 2002 [[superhero film]] ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]''. In scenes in which [[Peter Parker]], played by [[Tobey Maguire]], is seen creating sketches of his costume, the close-ups of his hands are actually those of Jimenez.<ref name=Advocate/><ref name=NYCC>{{cite web|url= http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/NYCC/Events/Past-Events/Brooklyn-Book-Festival/Guests/|title= Brooklyn Book Fair Guests|date= 2010|publisher= [[New York Comic Con]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101127154313/http://newyorkcomiccon.com/en/NYCC/Events/Past-Events/Brooklyn-Book-Festival/Guests/|archive-date= November 27, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Jimenez created art for the first permanent AIDS awareness exhibit at the [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]] in Chicago.<ref name=Prism/><ref name=InstinctMenOfTheYear>{{cite web|url= http://old.prismcomics.org/display_print.php?id=1322|title= Phil Jimenez Named One of ''Instinct'' Magazine's "25 Leading Men" of 2006!|date= October 25, 2006|publisher=Prism Comics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160627025047/http://old.prismcomics.org/display_print.php?id=1322|archive-date= June 27, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His art has appeared on album covers and in editorial magazines.<ref name=LambdaLegal>{{cite web|url= http://www.lambdalegal.org/take-action/campaigns/life-without-fair-courts/lwfc-judges.html|title= Life Without Fair Courts Illustration Contest Judges|date= June 5, 2007|publisher= [[Lambda Legal]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070821203346/http://www.lambdalegal.org/take-action/campaigns/life-without-fair-courts/lwfc-judges.html|archive-date= August 21, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His artwork has been featured in mainstream publications such as ''[[TV Guide]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://www.tvguide.com/news/heroes-comic-kring-40166/|title= How ''TV Guide'' and ''Heroes'' Got So Graphic|first= Michael|last= Logan|date= November 8, 2007|magazine= [[TV Guide]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160627025922/http://www.tvguide.com/news/heroes-comic-kring-40166/|archive-date= June 27, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/06/tv-guides-heroes-covers/|title= ''TV Guide's'' ''Heroes'' covers|first= J.K.|last= Parkin|date= November 6, 2007|work= Newsarama|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080705122242/http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/06/tv-guides-heroes-covers/|archive-date= July 5, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and he himself has been profiled or recognized in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref name=Prism/> ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'',<ref name=Advocate/> ''[[Instinct (magazine)|Instinct]]'' magazine<ref name=LambdaLegal/> and ''[[Out (magazine)|Out]]'' magazine.<ref name=Prism/><ref name=NYCC/>

==Awards and recognition==
* One of ''[[Instinct (magazine)|Instinct]]'' magazine's 2006 Men of the Year<ref name=InstinctMenOfTheYear/><ref name=LambdaLegal/>
* Listed as one of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s "101 Gay Movers and Shakers<ref name=Prism/>
* 2010 [[Inkpot Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot|title= Inkpot Award|date= 2016|publisher= [[San Diego Comic-Con]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170129155249/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot|archive-date= January 29, 2017|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
* September 2011 [[Inkwell Awards]] Ambassador (September 2011 – present)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.inkwellawards.com/?page_id=413|title= Inkwell Awards Ambassadors|date= March 22, 2011|publisher= [[Inkwell Awards]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160301141553/http://www.inkwellawards.com/?page_id=413|archive-date= March 1, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* 2022 [[Eisner Awards|Will Eisner Comic Industry Award]] – Best Single Issue with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick for ''Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons'' #1<ref>{{Cite web |last=locusmag |date=2022-07-26 |title=2022 Eisner Awards |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/07/2022-eisner-awards/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2022 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award –  Best Penciller/Inker for ''Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons'' #1<ref>{{Cite web |last=locusmag |date=2022-07-26 |title=2022 Eisner Awards |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/07/2022-eisner-awards/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jimenez [[coming out|came out]] as gay in 1992, and his first public relationship was with [[Neal Pozner]], who hired him at DC that same year.<ref name="Pilcher"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.montrealmirror.com/2004/111104/cover_comics.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041113075030/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2004/111104/cover_comics.html|url-status=dead|archive-date= November 13, 2004|title= Secret Identities|first= Matthew|last= Hays|date= November 11, 2004|publisher= [[Montreal Mirror]]|access-date= February 9, 2009}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
As artist unless otherwise noted.

===DC Comics===
'''Interior art'''
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* ''[[Action Comics]]'' #836 (2006) 
* ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' (Legion of Super-Heroes) #523–525 (2011)
* ''[[Aquaman]] Annual'' #1 (among other artists) (1995)
* ''DC Countdown'' #1 (2005) 
* ''[[DC Rebirth]]'' #1 (2016)
* ''DC Special: The Return of [[Donna Troy]]'' #1–4 (writer only) (2005)
* ''[[Deathstroke|Deathstroke, the Terminator]] Annual'' #1 (with Gabriel Morissette) (1992)
* ''[[Fanboy (comics)|Fanboy]]'' #6 (1999)  
* ''[[52 (comics)|52]]'' #24 (full art); #25, 35, 38 (among other artists) (2006–2007)
* ''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]'', vol. 5, #17 (2013) 
* ''[[Guy Gardner (comics)|Guy Gardner: Warrior]]'' #24, 29, 35, 44, ''Annual'' #1–2 (1994–1996)
* ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', miniseries, #1–7 (among other artists) (2005–2006)
* ''[[JLA (comic book)|JLA]]'' #50 (among other artists) (2001)
* ''JLA/Titans'', miniseries, #1–3 (co-plot & pencils) (1998–1999)
* ''Legends of the [[DC Universe]] 80-Page Giant'' #1 (Teen Titans) (1998)
* ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'', vol. 4, #94 (among other artists) (1997)
* ''Legion of Super-Heroes'', vol. 6, #6 (2010)
* ''[[Lobo (DC Comics)|Lobo]]'' #20 (1995)
* ''[[Teen Titans|The New Titans]]'' #94–96, ''Annual'' #8 (1992–1993)
* ''Nightwing'', vol. 3, #38 (2018)
* ''[[Dick Grayson|Nightwing]] [[Secret Files and Origins]]'' #1 (1999) 
* ''[[Tim Drake|Robin]]'' #6, 11–13 (1994–1995)
* ''Secret Files President [[Lex Luthor|Luthor]]'' #1 (writer only) (2001) 
* ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase '93]]'' #1–2 ([[Cyborg (comics)|Cyborg]]) (1993) 
* ''Showcase '94'' #5–6 (Robin and [[Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)|Huntress]]) (1994)
* ''Showcase '95'' #12 ([[Supergirl (Matrix)|Supergirl]]) (1995)  
* ''Showcase '96'' #1 (Tempest) (writer only) (1996)  
* ''[[Starman (Jack Knight)|Starman Secret Files]]'' #1 (1998)  
* ''[[Superman (vol. 2)|Superman]]'', vol. 2, #200 (among other artists) (2004)
* ''[[Superman and Batman: World's Funnest]]'' #1 (among other artists) (2001)  
* ''Superman Secret Files and Origins'' #2 (among other artists) (1999) 
* ''[[Superwoman]]'' #1–8 (writer; also artist on #1–2, 5–7, 2016–2017)
* ''[[Team Titans]]'' #1, 7–10, 13–14 (penciler); 17–20, ''Annual'' #2 (writer only) (1992–1994)
* ''[[Teen Titans]]'', vol. 2, #17–18 (1998)
* ''Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files 2003'' #1 (2003)
* ''[[Garth (comics)|Tempest]]'', miniseries, #1–4 (1996–1997)
* ''Titans'' #25 (among other artists) (2001)  
* ''Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze'' #1–4 (2000) 
* ''[[Underworld Unleashed]]: Abyss Hell's Sentinel'' #1 (1995)  
* ''[[War of the Gods (comics)|War of the Gods]]'' #4  (1991) 
* ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', vol. 2, #164–188 (2001–2003)
* ''Wonder Woman: Donna Troy'' #1 (1998)
*''Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons'' #1 (2021)
* ''Wonder Woman Secret Files and Origins'' #2–3 (1999–2002) (writer/artist/cover art; among other artists)
* ''Wonder Woman: [[Our Worlds at War]]'' #1 (writer only) (2001)  
* ''[[Worlds' Finest]]'' #9 (2013)  
* ''World's Finest: Our Worlds at War'' (among other artists) (2001)
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'''Covers only'''
* ''[[Action Comics]]'' #760 (Dec. 1999)
* ''Adventures of Superman'' #573 (Dec. 1999)
* ''The New Teen Titans: The Terror of Trigon'' TPB (2003)
* ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' (2006; new cover art for dust jacket of hardcover edition)
* ''[[Star Trek (comics)|Star Trek]] / [[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'', miniseries, #1–6 (2011–2012)
* ''[[Supergirl (comic book)|Supergirl]]'', vol. 4, #10 (June 1997)
* ''[[Superman vol. 2|Superman]]'' vol. 2  #151 (Dec. 1999)
* ''[[Superman: The Man of Steel]]'' #95 (Dec. 1999)

====Vertigo====
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* ''[[The Books of Magic]] Annual'' #3 (1999)  
* ''[[Codename: Knockout]]'' #12 (2002) 
* ''[[The Dreaming (comics)|The Dreaming]]'' #55 (2000) 
* ''[[Fairest (comics)|Fairest]]'' #1–6, 15–17, 19–20 (2012–2013)
* ''[[Flinch (comics)|Flinch]]'' #7 (1999)
* ''[[Ghosts (comics)|Ghosts]]'' vol. 2 #1 (2012)
* ''[[Heart Throbs#Legacy|Heartthrobs]]'' #1 (1999)    
* ''[[The Invisibles]]'' #17–19 (1996)
* ''The Invisibles'', vol. 2, #1–8, 10–13 (1997–1998)
* ''[[Otherworld (DC Comics)|Otherworld]]'', miniseries, #1–7 (2005)
* ''[[Swamp Thing (comic book)|Swamp Thing]]'', vol. 2, #156 (1995) 
* ''[[Transmetropolitan]]: I Hate It Here'' #1 (2000)
* ''Vertigo Resurrected'' #1 (2010)
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====WildStorm====
* ''[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]]/[[Authority (comics)|Authority]]: Ruling the World'' #1 (2000)
* ''[[List of Heroes graphic novels|Heroes]]'' Vol. 1 (HC) (among other artists) (2007)
* ''Worldstorm'' #2 ([[Voodoo (Wildstorm)|Voodoo]]) (2007)

===Marvel Comics===
'''Interior art'''
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* ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #552–554, 565–567, 595 (2008–2009)
* ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra!'', miniseries, #3 (among other artists) (2009)
* ''Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift Director's Cut'' #1 (2008) 
* ''[[Angela (comics)|Angela, Asgard's Assassin]]'' #1–6 (2015)
* ''[[Astonishing X-Men]]'' #31–35 (2009–2010)
* ''[[Fearless Defenders]]'' #4 [[Age of Ultron|AU]] (2013)
* ''[[Free Comic Book Day]] 2007: Spider-Man'' #1 (2007)
* ''[[New X-Men (2001 series)|New X-Men]]'' #132, 139–141, 146–150 (2002–2004)
* ''[[List of Spider-Man titles#One-shot issues|Spider-Man: Origin of the Hunter]]'' #1 (2010)  
* ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #522 (2010) 
* ''[[X-Men]]: Liberators'', miniseries, #1–4 (1998–1999)
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'''Covers only'''
* ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #583 ([[Barack Obama]] cover) (2009)<ref name="Cowsill319" /><ref name="George" /> 
* ''Marvel's Models Inc.'' #1 variant cover, in which ''[[Project Runway]]'' star [[Tim Gunn]] dons the [[Iron Man]] armor

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110712192627/http://marvel.com/comic_books/browse/creator/306/phil_jimenez Phil Jimenez on Marvel.com]
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=425|title=Phil Jimenez}}
*[https://comicsverse.com/flame-con-2-phil-jimenez-interview/ Phil Jimenez interview at Flame Con 2 on ComicsVerse.com]

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