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<p>It’s not everyday that I get to interview one of the most successful comic book artists in the known universe. </p>
<p>It’s a big bonus that this artist also happens to be one of the brains behind DC Universe Online, a massive multiplayer online game based on 70 years of DC comics superheroes which is due to launch in 2009.</p>
<p>In the interests of understanding the man and the game, I put in some solid Google time learning more about Jim Lee, the comic book artist, creator and game designer.</p>
<p>In his senior yearbook, Lee’s classmates predicted he’d start a comic company. For a while however it looked like Lee was to instead follow in his father’s footsteps to a career in medicine. </p>
<p>Fortunately for comic readers the world over, Lee took an elective course in fine arts while studying at Princeton University and re-discovered his passion for drawing.
After graduating, he put his medical career on hold and took up comic book illustration. Like the bloke who invented the rear vision mirror, Lee has never looked back
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<p>Dont assume that all Princeton graduates go on to predictable mainstream careers. Some become cartoonists! I think youll enjoy this article about Jim Lee (Princeton Class of 1986).</p>