Louise Simonson - Early Life and Pre-comics Career

Early Life and Pre-comics Career

In 1964 while attending Georgia State College, Louise met fellow student Jeff Jones. The two began dating and were married in 1966. Their daughter Julianna was born the following year. After graduation, the couple moved to New York City. Louise modeled for artist Berni Wrightson's cover of DC Comics' House of Secrets #92 (June–July 1971), the first appearance of Swamp Thing and was hired by McFadden-Bartell, a magazine publisher and distributor and worked there for three years. She and Jeff Jones split up during this time but she continued to use the name Louise Jones for several years afterward.

Louise met the comic book writer and artist Walt Simonson in 1973 and the couple started dating in August 1974. They were married in 1980.

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