Who is James Burns?

James Burns is an illustrator, graphic designer and animator who lives in Avondale Estates, Georgia with his wife, daughter, and an annoying cat. He's also the creator/editor of Real Magicalism.

In 2002, he was diagnosed with a detached retina, which threatened his eyesight. After recovering, and at age 45, he wrote and drew his first comic book, Detached about the whole experience, as well as the fear and doubts that were connected with it.

Since then James has been doing commercial illustration, as well as creating the weekly comic strip Grumbles, which has been running for the last 4 years in Atlanta's Sunday Paper. He also wrote and drew Daemon Process, a story of love, death, and an ancient evil book.

James was included in the last 2 editions of the comic anthology Not My Small Diary, as well as the recently published Big Book of Fashion Illustration.

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