Jim Evans, sometimes known as TAZ, is an American painter, printmaker, and creative director who was a contributing figure in the visual art movement known as underground comix.

Evans served in the United States Naval Reserves, learned to play the sitar at Ravi Shankar's Kinnara School of Music, and studied Kundalini Yoga as an early student of Yogi Bhajan, while attending Chouinard Art Institute.

[8] Working for most of the major studios, Jim completed art for Lumière, 20th Century Oz, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, The Kentucky Fried Movie, Big Wednesday, Herowork, Acapulco Gold, The Space Movie, Patrick, Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps (for which Jim also animated the opening title sequence), and John Carpenter's first film Dark Star.

[10] Evans' work was included in a group show titled "The Lords and the New Creatures" at the NYE+BROWN gallery,[11] which also featured Judy Chicago, Ed Moses, and Chris Burden.

In addition, work from Evans's comic and illustration period were included in the "Paid To Play" show at the Robert Berman Gallery, which also featured John Van Hamersveld and Dave Willardson.

[12] A group show at WAAS Gallery in Dallas titled, "Collect / Respect" featured Evans' work in addition to Sebastian Walker, Restoration Press, Gregory Siff, and SLICK.

This period of work was also showcased at the Level Gallery in Dallas, TX in a show titled, "The Art Of The Pop Portrait – Jim Evans 1984–1989."

Jim Evans / TAZ presented solo works as well as collaborations with RISK (Graffiti Artist) at the Buckshot Gallery in Santa Monica, CA in a show titled, "Unconventional Forces."

Jim Evans / TAZ followed up by working with RISK and photographer Dennis Morris on a pair of limited-edition prints celebrating The Sex Pistols and Peter Tosh.

Agreeing to do a poster for Nirvana and L7 for a Rock for Choice benefit, he created a new moniker, TAZ[13] The name was inspired by Hakim Bey's anarchist handbook titled The Temporary Autonomous Zone, This began collaboration with Jim, Gibran Evans, and silkscreen artist Rolo Castillo.

[14] During the 90's they created over 200 silkscreen limited edition rock posters for bands such as U2, Jane's Addiction, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, and the Beastie Boys.

TAZ as a group also continues to do rock posters, commissions include, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion, and Anderson .Paak.

Among them, Men in Black, Tomorrow Never Dies, Seven, Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx, The Mummy, The Big Lebowski, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was done in collaboration with film director Terry Gilliam.

On the music side, the Big Gun Project built websites for The Beastie Boys, The Ozzfest, Grand Royal Records, and the Tibetan Freedom Concert.

Titles he has worked on include Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Ice Age, the SAW series, The Ring, Star Trek Beyond, Angry Birds, Don't Breathe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.