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Jason Pearson
Jason Trent Pearson (August 29, 1970 – December 19, 2022)[1] was an American comic book creator, known for his series Body Bags and for his dynamic illustration work on books featuring characters such as the Legion of Super-Heroes, Spider-Man, Batman, and Deadpool. He was one of the founding members of Gaijin Studios.
| Jason Trent Pearson | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 29, 1970 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 2022 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller |
Notable works | Legion of Super-Heroes Body Bags |
Career edit
Jason Pearson's first published comics work was in 1991. His first and longest regular assignment, beginning that year, was working with Keith Giffen on Legion of Super-Heroes with scripters Tom and Mary Bierbaum, and inker Al Gordon.[2] He later described Giffen as one of his mentors.[3]
He developed Body Bags to be part of Ground Zero, an anthology intended for Image Comics, which did not pick it up. He produced a four issue mini-series which served in 1996 as the debut title for the Blanc Noir line of titles produced by Gaijin Studios for Dark Horse Comics. In 1998, he began work on a sequel, which was interrupted by an illness. Body Bags: 3 The Hard Way and Body Bags: One Shot followed in 2005 and 2008. In 2015, Pearson ran a Kickstarter funding campaign for a 96-page story Body Bags: Don't Die Until I Kill You, raising $39,514, nearly double his goal of $20,000. After repeated delays, in 2022 he again promised that publication was imminent.[4]
Meanwhile, he illustrated individual issues and covers for books published by Wildstorm, Marvel, Dark Horse, and Image. He announced that he was writing and drawing a mini-series called Redbird – intended to be the first of a trilogy – in 2004, but the project was not completed.[3]
Pearson died December 19, 2022, of a stroke.[1]
Bibliography edit
Interior comic work includes:
- Celestial Mechanics: The Adventures of Widget Wilhelmina Jones #3: "You've Opened Heaven's Portal" (with Kurt Wilcken, Innovation, 1991)
- Hero Alliance (Innovation):
- "Past Perfect" (with Mike Buckley, in Quarterly #1, 1991)
- "Night Shift" (with Robert Ingersoll, in #16, 1991)
- "Untitled" (with David Campiti, in #17, 1991)
- Starman #35: "Back to the Fuchsia!" (with Peter David and Keith Giffen, DC Comics, 1991)
- Maze Agency #22: "Magic & Monsters—and Murder" (with Mike W. Barr, Innovation, 1991)
- Justice League Quarterly #4: "The Sunnie Caper" (with Will Jacobs, DC Comics, 1991)
- Legion of Super-Heroes #22–24, 26–30, 32, 34–36, 38 (with Tom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum and Keith Giffen, DC Comics, 1991–1992)
- Crusade of Comics Presents: Spawn (with Terry Fitzgerald, one-shot, Gladstone, 1992)
- Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #6: "The Book of Equals" (with Gerard Jones, DC Comics, 1993)
- Vanguard #2 (with Gary Carlson, Image, 1993)
- Namor, the Sub-Mariner Annual #3: "Under the Skin" (with Ron Marz and various artists, Marvel, 1993)
- Uncanny X-Men Annual #17: "The Gift Goodbye" (with Scott Lobdell, Marvel, 1993)
- The Dragon: Blood & Guts #1–3 (script and art, Image, 1995)
- Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #1–2, 4: "Action Figures" (with George Caragonne and Tom Thornton, Penthouse Comix, 1995)
- Shi: Senryaku #3 (with Gary Cohn and various artists, Crusade, 1995)
- Body Bags (script and art):
- Body Bags: Father's Day #1–4 (Dark Horse, 1996–1997)
- "World Destroyer" (in Dark Horse Presents Annual '97, 1998)
- "Well, It's About Time" (in Dark Horse Maverick, 2000)
- Body Bags: 3 the Hard Way: "Hit Da Switches" (one-shot, Image, 2005)
- Body Bags: One Shot (Image, 2008)
- Penthouse Comix #29–30: "Re-Introducing Action Figures" (with George Caragonne, Penthouse, 1998)
- Witchblade #24 (with David Wohl, Christina Z and Randy Green, Top Cow, 1998)
- Grendel: Black, White & Red #4: "Devil's Cage" (with Matt Wagner, Dark Horse, 1999)
- The Batman Chronicles #16: "Two Down" (with Greg Rucka, DC Comics, 1999)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8: "The Final Cut" (with Andi Watson and Cliff Richards, Dark Horse, 1999)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #118: "Balance" (with Greg Rucka, DC Comics, 1999)
- Batman: Gotham Knights #22: "The Bottom Line" (with Michael Golden, DC Comics, 2001)
- Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2002)
- X-Men Unlimited #39: "The Final Alternative" (script and art, Marvel, 2003)
- Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #5, 8 (with Alan Moore, America's Best Comics, 2003)
- The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong (with Alan Moore, Peter K. Hogan and various artists, one-shot, Wildstorm, 2003)
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #4: "The Dread Within" (script and art, Dark Horse, 2001)
- Action Comics #805: "The Harvest, Conclusion" (with Joe Kelly and Pasqual Ferry, DC Comics, 2001)
- Eye of the Storm Annual: "Time to Kill" (with Geoff Johns, Wildstorm, 2003)
- Global Frequency #11: "Aleph" (with Warren Ellis, Wildstorm, 2004)
- The Ride #2: "Wheels of Change, Act 4" (with Doug Wagner, Image, 2004)
- Desperado Primer: "A Mirror to the Soul" (with Paul Jenkins and various artists, one-shot, Desperado Publishing, 2005)
- Gun Candy #1: "Mardi Gras, Act 2: Bourbon & Toulouse" (with Chuck Dixon, Image, 2005)
- Welcome to Tranquility #8: "The Ferocious Lindo Sisters in: What You Really Want!" (with Gail Simone and Neil Googe, Wildstorm, 2007)
- Robin Annual #7: "The Festival of the Hungry Ghosts" (with Keith Champagne, DC Comics, 2007)
- Joker's Asylum: Penguin (with Jason Aaron, one-shot, DC Comics, 2008)
- Punisher Annual #1: "Remote Control" (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2009)
- X-Force Annual #1 (with Robert Kirkman, Marvel, 2010)
- Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War #1–4 (with Duane Swierczynski, Marvel, 2010)
- Astonishing X-Men #36–37: "Monstrous" (with Daniel Way, Marvel, 2011)
Covers only edit
- Justice Machine #6 (Innovation, 1991)
- Spider-Femme 2088 #1 (Personality, 1993)
- X-Babes 2088 #1 (Personality, 1993)
- Valor #11 (DC Comics, 1993)
- Exiles #4 (Malibu, 1993)
- Catalyst: Agents of Change #1–7 (Dark Horse, 1994)
- Out of the Vortex #5 (Dark Horse, 1994)
- Hellhounds: Panzer Cops #3, 5 (Dark Horse, 1994)
- Gen13 #1 (Wildstorm, 1994)
- Sunglasses After Dark #3–5 (Verotik, 1996)
- Penthouse Comix #14, 18 (Penthouse, 1996)
- Ghost v1 #19 (Dark Horse, 1996)
- Robin #45, 61, 65–70, 72, 121–125 (DC Comics, 1997–2004)
- Voodoo #1 (Image, 1997)
- Body Doubles #1 (DC Comics, 1998)
- Dark Nemesis #1 (DC Comics, 1998)
- Darkseid #1 (DC Comics, 1998)
- Gog #1 (DC Comics, 1998)
- Mr. Mxyzptlk #1 (DC Comics, 1998)
- Prometheus #1 (DC Comics, 1998)
- Scarecrow #1 (DC Comics, 1998)
- The Rogues #1 (DC Comics, 1998)
- Generation X #35–36 (Marvel, 1998)
- X-Men #73 (Marvel, 1998)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #109–111, 159–161 (DC Comics, 1998–2003)
- Ghost v2 #7, 16–17 (Dark Horse, 1999–2000)
- The Dirty Pair: Start the Violence #1 (Dark Horse, 1999)
- Xena: Warrior Princess #6–9 (Dark Horse, 2000)
- Gen-Active #2 (Wildstorm, 2000)
- Jet #1–4 (Wildstorm, 2000–2001)
- Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle TPB (Dark Horse, 2002)
- The Amazing Spider-Man v2 #40–42 (Marvel, 2002)
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #2 (Dark Horse, 2003)
- Xin: Journey of the Monkey King #3 (Anarchy Studio, 2003)
- Galactic #1–3 (Dark Horse, 2003)
- Thundercats: Dogs of War #1 (Wildstorm, 2003)
- Stormwatch: Team Achilles #17–23 (Wildstorm, 2004)
- The Amazing Spider-Man v1 #502 (Marvel, 2004)
- H.E.R.O. #16–18 (DC Comics, 2004)
- Birds of Prey #75–77 (DC Comics, 2004–2005)
- The Ride: Foreign Parts #1 (Image, 2005)
- Wetworks #3 (Wildstorm, 2007)
- Midnighter #3 (Wildstorm, 2007)
- The Ride: Die Valkyrie #1 (Image, 2007)
- The Loners #1–6 (Marvel, 2007–2008)
- New Avengers/Transformers #2 (Marvel, 2007)
- Black Panther #39–41 (Marvel, 2008)
- Moon Knight #21 (Marvel, 2008)
- Deadpool #4–25 (Marvel, 2009–2010)
- Destroyer #1–5 (Marvel, 2009)
- Ultimate Comics: Enemy #1 (Marvel, 2010)
- Vampirella #4 (Dynamite, 2011)
- Deadpool Family #1 (Marvel, 2011)
- Astonishing X-Men #39 (Marvel, 2011)
- New Mutants #30, 32–33, 35 (Marvel, 2011–2012)
- X-Men v3 #15.1 (Marvel, 2011)
References edit
- ^ a b Johnston, Rich (2023-01-17). "Jason Pearson, Creator Of Body Bags, Died In December Aged 52". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "Jason Pearson, Comics Artist, Dead at 52". Comics. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ a b Catching Up With Jason Pearson 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, June 25, 2004
- ^ Johnston, Rich (2021-09-24). "Jason Pearson's Body Bags Back For 2022 As #1 CGC 9.8 Goes To Auction". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
External links edit
- Jason Pearson at the Grand Comics Database
- at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- , Newsarama, April 21, 2005
- Berzerker Style: Pearson talks "Body Bags", Comic Book Resources, March 24, 2006
- Darkhorse.com interview about Body Bags