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"Jill Thompson is one of the most vivacious and enthusiastic people in the comics field," wrote Joe McCabe in a Comic Book Artist profile of the illustrator and writer. McCabe went on to call Thompson "both an extraordinary talent and savvy professional." With the emphasis on savvy. Thompson began her career as a teenager, working as a penciler on lesser-known comic books, and quickly worked her way through the ranks of DC Comics as artist on prestigious series such as "Wonder Woman," "The Invisibles," and "Sandman." In the mid-1990s Eisner-winning Thompson went out on her own with her "Scary Godmother" series, published both as children's books and in traditional comic-book format. "Scary Godmother is like your fairy godmother, but for Halloween," Thompson explained to Roger Ash in a Worlds of Westfield interview. "There's nothing really scary about the Scary Godmother. She's fun and macabre; reminiscent of childhood with a little bit of social commentary mixed in." Speaking with McCabe, she noted, "The spooky feel is there, but Scary Godmother isn't going to disembowel anyone in an intricate two-page spread." She further explained: "I'm not into gore.
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