Chris Claremont

J. Andrew Deman

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University Press of Mississippi
15 October 2025

Individual artists, art monographs; Biography: arts & entertainment; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Graphic novels: history & criticism; Popular culture

Series: Biographix

Chris Claremont (b. 1950) is best known for his landmark sixteen-year author run on Uncanny X-Men. This is the longest author run in Marvel comics history, one that saw X-Men go from a title on the verge of cancellation to one of the most popular comics for over a decade and, eventually, a multibillion-dollar film franchise. While Claremont’s influence on popular culture is becoming more widely recognized, this volume offers an in-depth exploration of how his life shaped his work and the deep sources of inspiration behind his iconic characters and storylines. From Britain to Israel to the New York demimonde, Claremont’s relationships, education, upbringing, collaborations, and faith all contribute to his voice and to the creations that he wrought with it.

The story of Chris Claremont is the story of a creator who achieved popular success whilst making a significant artistic contribution to his chosen medium, including the first African American superheroine, the first Black superhero team leader, the first canonically Jewish Marvel superhero, extensive queer subtext, extensive BDSM imagery, the first superhero team with a strong female roster, and the best-selling single-issue comic of all time. This volume heralds an impressive career and marvels at how Claremont accomplished all of this within mainstream comics.

By: J. Andrew Deman
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 11
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781496859570
ISBN 10: 149685957X
Series: Biographix
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 15 October 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

J. Andrew Deman is an Eisner-winning comics scholar and associate professor of teaching in the Department of English Language and Literature at St. Jerome’s University. He has been undertaking the world’s largest study of Chris Claremont since 2019 and is author of The Margins of Comics: The Construction of Women, Minorities, and the Geek in Graphic Narrative and The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men.