- Born
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Jhonen Vasquez was born and raised on San Jose's East Side. He graduated from Mount Pleasant High in 1992 and was a one-time film student at De Anza College. Even though he has little formal artistic training, he entered the world of alternative comics, as the writer/creator/artist of such titles as "SQUEE!" and "Johnny, The Homicidal Maniac", both published by Slave Labor Graphics. "SQUEE!" was nominated for several Eisner Awards, the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mike Konczewski
- Creator of Invader Zim.
- When working on Invader Zim, Nickelodeon wanted the office where it was being made to be decorated with pictures of Invader Zim's characters. Nickelodeon wanted cute characters, but Jhonen decided to put up pictures of Bloaty instead.
- First name is pronounced "Joe-nen"
- Suffers from hypnophobia, which is the extreme fear of falling asleep. As a result, many of his characters are insomniacs and the name of his company is Question Sleep, represented by a Z followed by a question mark, "Z?".
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