Die britische
Schauspielerin, Sängeron und Kabarettistin
Jessica Martin (Jahrgang 1962) leiht ihre Stimme auch Figuren in Games und Animationsfilmen. In der Originalfassung des Weihanachtsspecials
Dr Who: Voyage of the Damned (BBC One 2007) mit David Tennant lieh sie der bösen Königin ihre Stimme.
Martin interessiert sich für Filmgeschichte. Im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Seiteneinsteigern schreibt sie nicht nur Szenarios, sondern zeichnet ihre Comics selbst und das mit großem Erfolg.
Unterstützt wird sie dabei von ihrem Mentor Mark Buckingham.
Zitat:
In the last two years, Martin has successfully transitioned into the comic book industry. She has merged her passion for film history with narrative art. Her first published work was a story illustrated by her 'mentor' Mark Buckingham, leading artist on Vertigo's Fables series which was included in the Thought Bubble Anthology 2013. Her first comic written and drawn by herself was It Girl about silent film superstar Clara Bow. It was self-published in November 2013 and has been an ongoing success. It has sold out several times over in London comic shops Orbital and Gosh as well as Foyles and BFI bookstores. It was selected as one of the "Ten Must Own Comics 2013" by Broken Frontier's Small Press website.
Her first graphic novel Elsie Harris Picture Palace set in the 1930s British film industry was short listed in the Myriad First Graphic Novel Prize 2014. The ceremony took place at the British Library in May 2014 as part of the "Comics Unmasked" exhibition season. It was published in Spring 2015.
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- Jessica Martin: Elsie Harris Picture Palace (Miwk Publishing 2015)
- Jessica Martin: Life Drawing: A Life Under Lights (Unbound 2019)