Jeff Butler

Jeff Butler (born February 26, 1958, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American illustrator and comic book artist. He worked with the art department of TSR, Inc. for five years, illustrating products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game and the Marvel Super Heroes role playing game, as well as Dragonlance novels.

Early life Jeff Butler was born in Madison, Wisconsin on February 26, 1958. He grew up playing sports, "But I was always drawing things when I was young. I was a mischievous little boy, and my mother used to stick me in the corner with paper and a pencil and tell me to draw to keep me quiet. Then came the comic books when I was a little older, much to the chagrin of my father. Mom thought the comic books were teaching me to read, but my father, who is a sportswriter for a Madison newspaper, thought they were no good for me."

While in school, Butler met Mike Baron, who created the Nexus comic book with Steve Rude for Capital Comics. Godzilla, Hercules, Xena, Jurassic Park and the monthly Ghostwriter strip for the Children's Television Workshop magazine, Kid City. His Hercules drawings appeared in a 1996 issue of TV Guide.

Butler joined the Raven Software art staff in the fall of 1997 after returning to his native Madison with his family, and began learning computer game art. Butler served as the 2-D Art Lead on Heretic II and has worked on other games such as Soldier of Fortune and Star Trek, Elite Force. Butler has been part of the art team for Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, X-Men Legends, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and has been part of the core team for X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Wolfenstein.