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John J. Nevins (born July 30, 1966) is an American author and librarian. He born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.〔(No Fear of the Future: Jess Nevins ). Accessed April 30, 2008〕 Nevins is the author of the World Fantasy Award-nominated ''Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana'' (MonkeyBrain Books, 2005), and other works on Victoriana and pulp fiction. He is also well known for his extensive comic book annotations, especially ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen''. He is a reference librarian at Lone Star College-Tomball.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transformations: An Update from Dr. Susan Karr, President )〕 ==Comic book annotations== Nevins has annotated dozens of comics, starting primarily with a number of Elseworlds published by DC, most notably ''Kingdom Come'' and ''JLA: The Nail'', covering in great detail the comic book, literary, popular cultural, and other sources of various plot points and featured characters. In the case of ''Kingdom Come'', Nevins (and his irregular "divers hands" - his annotations are in large part a collaborative effort, inviting comment, correction and constructive critique) identifies most of the many featured characters from the future of the DCU, noting their predecessors and origins.〔(Annotations for ''Kingdom Come'', ''The Kingdom'', ''JLA: The Nail'' and others ). Accessed January 18, 2008〕 Nevins later annotations have focused almost entirely on works by Alan Moore for Moore's America's Best Comics imprint, starting with the Victoriana/Steampunk/Alternate history/literary mashup ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen''. Moore said of Nevins' work, "It was only when someone finally conveyed these internet postings to me... that I began to understand the invaluable asset that Jess represented... I realised that if we had () tracking down all of the references for the readers, then we could be as obscure and far-reaching as we wanted...",〔 p13〕 Moore later said Nevins work helped inform ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II'': "The New Traveller's Almanac": "The patient work contained within this current volume (& Monsters'' ) has played an important part in the construction of this vast, imaginary global edifice that we're constructing... (Almanac )",〔 p13〕 Moore sees "these companion volumes as having a necessary organic place in the body of the work itself."〔(Sanderson, Peter – IGN: Comics in Context #66: A Christmas Potpourri ). Accessed January 18, 2008〕 In-between volumes of ''LoEG'', Nevins has tackled Moore and Gene Ha's ''Top Ten'', a superhero-police comic in which a powerful police precinct in Neopolis has to deal with various superhuman crimes. Nevin's interest in, and knowledge of the "Golden Age" of Superheroes (and subsequent eras) aids him considerably in noting, as in his ''Kingdom Come'' annotations, the precedents and inspirations behind many of the characters featured. Nevins has subsequently provided annotations on Moore and Ha's 2005 ''Top Ten'' graphic novel ''The Forty-Niners'', filling in some of the early history of the series, and Paul Di Filippo and Jerry Ordway's 2005 sequel miniseries ''Beyond the Farthest Precinct''.〔(Annotations to Top Ten & Subsequent ). Accessed January 18, 2008〕 Nevins also began to annotate Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert's 2003 mini-series ''1602'' from Marvel Comics. Nevins has also published ''Impossible Territories'' a book of annotations for the 2007 ''LoEG'' graphic novel ''The Black Dossier''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jess Nevins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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