Jim Evans (artist)  Jim Evans, sometimes known as T.A.Z., is an American painter, printmaker, and creative director who was a contributing figure in the visual art movement known as underground comix. After a successful career as a comic illustrator, Evans worked as a painter, poster maker, and owner of the digital design group Division 13. Evans was born in San Diego amidst the surfing culture of southern California. After attending Oceanside High School, he played in several local bands and then created comic strips for the "Los Angeles Free Press" and other underground papers while working for Eric Matlen's Sawyer Press. Evans then began to take commissions doing work in several comic books. These included "Yellow Dog", and a solo effort titled "The Dying Dolphin", released by the Berkeley-based Print Mint, it included collaborations with Rick Griffin and Ron Cobb. Evans also drew for "Slow Death Funnies", and "Tales from the Tube", which was published by "Surfer Magazine", and included contributions by "Zap Comix" artists Robert Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams, and Rick Griffin. The Underground period was followed by a move to the North Shore of Oahu, and contributions to both "Surfer" and "Surfing" magazines, as well as illustrating a succession of surfing posters, such as Hal Jepson's "A Sea For Yourself", and the posters for Bud Browne's successful "Going Surfin'" series. He did posters for many Australian surf films like "On Any Morning", and "A Winter's Tale". During this period, he also did posters for Oahu's Crater Celebration, featuring bands like Santana and Little Feat. Some of the time in Hawaii was spent doing commercial and advertising art for ad agencies, including ads and record sleeves for Don Ho and the Allihis, and The Society of Seven. Returning to the mainland, Evans began to do record sleeves and continued his relationship with "Surfer" and "Surfing" magazines, doing numerous illustrations for both, including a collaboration with surfer Mike Doyle on a series of ads for Wax Research. Evans also contributed regularly to "Skateboarder" and "Powder" magazines. Working with Dean Torrance of Jan & Dean fame, he did the art for their revival album, Dead Man's Curve, and a compilation of Jan & Dean and Beach Boys hits called Golden Summer. In collaboration with Dean, Evans also did the art for the Beach Boys albums 15 Big Ones, and Live in London.