James Burns

James Burns is a graphic designer and animator who lives in Athens, Georgia. As a graphic designer for television, James created opens and animations for clients such as CNN, TBS and various television stations around the country.

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 experience, as well as the fear and doubts that were connected with it.

After that, James created the weekly comic strip "Grumbles," which ran for 6 and a half years in Atlanta's "Sunday Paper," and continued online for a total of 12 years. Because of "Grumbles," he was asked to lecture about graphic journalism at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy in 2011.

Other comics of James' include his first non-autobiographical comic, called "Daemon Process," which was a supernatural tale of death, love, computers, and an ancient, evil book, and the 80-page anthology entitled "Real Magicalism." James was included in the last several editions of the acclaimed autobiographical anthology "Not My Small Diary".