Jon J Muth is an American writer and illustrator of children's books, as well as graphic novels and comics. Muth studied stone carving and shodō (brush calligraphy) in Japan; and studied painting, printmaking and drawing in England, Austria and Germany.In comics, his works include J. M. DeMatteis' graphic novel Moonshadow, Grant Morrison's The Mystery Play, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: The Wake starring Michael Zulli and Charles Vess, Mike Carey's Lucifer: Nirvana, and Swamp Thing: Roots , the miniseries M (a comic book film adaptation). He worked with writers Walt and Louise Simonson and co-artist Kent Williams on Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown in 1988. That series was the result of Williams and Muth's desire to work on a project together.
Muth received an Eisner Award in the category of "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art)" in 1995 for his work on The Mystery Play.Additionally, Muth has had an award-winning career as a writer and illustrator of children's books. He explained that "a sense of joy is what drew me from comics to picture books. My work in children's books was born out of a desire to explore what I felt as a new father." He received a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in 1999 for his illustrations in Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse. Muth created a version of the Stone Soup tale set in China and illustrated the cards for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. In 2005, Muth collaborated with author Caroline Kennedy on A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children. He illustrated children's books for the Scholastic brand.
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