Career

He is perhaps best known for his long run on Catwoman between 1993 and 1999. Balent has also drawn Batman and Lobo for District of Columbia Comics, as well as some of the issues of Purgatori for the independent comic publisher Chaos! Comics. Balent"s early work for District of Columbia Comics include backup stories in Sergeant

Rock including "The Deadliest Casualty" in issue #393 (October 1984) and "The Ninja" in #397 (February 1985).

An Atom story drawn by Balent was published as a Bonus Book in Power of the Atom #4 (November 1988). Balent and writer Jo Duffy launched an ongoing Catwoman series in August 1993.

Balent drew Catwoman through issue #77 (February 2000). In 1999, he left mainstream comics to form his own company, BroadSword Comics, which publishes Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose, which Balent writes and draws himself.

The main characters of the series are often nude.

Achievements

• Sunday, March 1, 2009, at the MegaCon convention, Jim Balent"s company, Broadsword Comics, won three of the twenty-five categories in the first inaugural Project Fanboy and was nominated for ten other categories. His title Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose won in the categories of "Best Title" and "Best Industry Title", and the character Raven Hex from the aforementioned title won in the category of "Best Industry Villain".

Works

• Other Work

  • Catwoman Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose.