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2 0 P E R S P E C T I V E | M AY / J U N E 2 0 2 6 Benton Jew BENTON JEW, A PROFESSIONAL ILLUSTRATOR/STORYBOARD ARTIST/COMIC ARTIST FOR THE LAST 38 YEARS, LIVES IN LOS ANGELES, CA. HE GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY OF ART/USF IN SAN FRANCISCO; AND IN 1988, STARTED WORKING AT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC (ILM) WHERE HE BECAME A VISUAL EFFECTS ART DIRECTOR. BENTON STAYED AT ILM FOR 13 YEARS, PROVIDING ART AND DESIGN FOR COMMERCIALS, ATTRACTIONS AND FEATURE FILMS, INCLUDING: GHOSTBUSTERS 2, THE MASK, STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, AND MEN IN BLACK 1 & 2. AFTER JOINING THE ART DIRECTORS GUILD IATSE - LOCAL 800, BENTON WORKED ON SUCH HIGH-PROFILE FILMS AS: TERMINATOR 3, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, LOGAN, WONDER WOMAN, AND THE ELECTRIC STATE. IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE HAS CREATED HIS OWN SELF-PUBLISHED COMICS AS WELL AS FOR HEAVY METAL, MONSTERVERSE AND MARVEL COMICS AND VARIOUS INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS. IDOL SPECULATION ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN ZOWIE! DEUX-TALES OF TIKI TERROR IN 2005