James Burns is a graphic designer and animator who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. As a graphic designer for television, James created 3D animations for clients such as CNN, TBS and various television stations around the country.

In 2002, he was diagnosed with a detached retina, which threatened his eyesight. After recovering, and at age 45, he wrote and drew his first comic book, Detached about the experience, as well as the fear and doubts that were connected with it.

Since then James has been doing commercial illustration, as well as creating the weekly comic strip Grumbles, which ran for the 6 1/2 years in Atlanta's Sunday paper. He was also lucky enough to be included in the last several editions of Not My Small Diary.

Other comics of James' include Daemon Process, his anthology entitled Real Magicalism, Lance Star: Sky Ranger, The Astral Crusader, several collections of his Grumbles comic strip, and his latest, Speechless, about losing his voice after thyroid surgery.

For more information, please visit his site at jamesburnsdesign.com/comics/