Gerard Jones
For the entrepreneur see Gérard Jones.
| Gerard Jones | |
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| Born | July 10, 1957 Cut Bank, Montana, United States |
| Occupation | Nonfiction writer, Novelist, Short story writer, comic book writer |
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www.gerardjones.com |
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Gerard Jones (born July 10, 1957) is an American author and comic book writer.
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[edit] Biography
Jones was born in Cut Bank, Montana, and raised in Los Gatos and Gilroy, California. He currently resides in San Francisco, where he is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto.[1]
From 1983 to 1988, Jones and Will Jacobs were contributors to National Lampoon magazine. He and Jacobs began writing humorous fiction again in 2008 with the online series My Pal Splendid Man and Million Dollar Ideas.[2]
From 1987 to 2001, Jones wrote comic books for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Viz Media, Malibu Comics and other publishers, including such series as Green Lantern, Justice League, Prime, Ultraforce, El Diablo, Wonder Man, Martian Manhunter, Elongated Man, The Shadow, Pokémon, Batman and, with Jacobs, The Trouble with Girls.[3]
Jones, solo and with Jacobs, has also written a number of non-fiction books. Jones said he sold a screenplay version of his Men of Tomorrow "to Michael Uslan at Comic Book Movies, but before we could put it on the market he declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which tied the rights up for over a year in court. The court's now assigned the script to someone else, but nothing's happening yet. Meanwhile, a couple of other producers are interested in adapting."[4]
Jones appears in Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman, American Masters: Lucille Ball, "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" and other documentaries.[citation needed]
[edit] Awards
- 2005 Eisner Award, Best Comics-Related Book: Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books
- The Beaver Papers: The Story of the Lost Season (with Will Jacobs, Crown Publishers, 1984, ISBN 978-0517549919)
- Honey I'm Home: Sitcoms Selling the American Dream (St. Martin's Griffin, 1993, ISBN 978-0312088101)
- The Comic Book Heroes: The First History of Modern Comic Books - From the Silver Age to the Present (with Will Jacobs, Crown Publishing Group 1985, 1996 - revised edition - ISBN 0517554402 )
- Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Superheroes and Make-Believe Violence (Basic Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0465036967)
- Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book (Basic Books, 2005, ISBN 978-0465036578)
- The Undressing of America: How a Bodybuilder, a Swimming Queen and a Magician Created Reality Media (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. forthcoming)
[edit] Comics
Comics work includes:
- The Trouble with Girls (with Will Jacobs and Tim Hamilton, Malibu Comics, 1987)
- Oktane (with Gene Ha, Dark Horse Comics, 1996, ISBN 978-1569712122)
- Martian Manhunter: American Secrets, DC Comics
[edit] References
- ^ San Francisco Writers' Grotto
- ^ My Pal Splendid Man
- ^ Gerard Jones at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Yanes, Nicholas. "Comics Interview: Gerard Jones On Writing For The Big Two & The Small Press". SciFiPulse.com. http://scifipulse.net/?p=10553.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Gerard Jones' blog
- Gerard Jones at the Comic Book DB
- Gerard Jones' page at Red Room
- Gerard Jones at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by James Owsley |
Green Lantern writer 1990–1994 |
Succeeded by Ron Marz |
| Preceded by Dan Vado |
Justice League America writer 1994–1996 |
Succeeded by Grant Morrison |
| Preceded by J.M. DeMatteis |
Justice League Europe writer 1990–1994 |
Succeeded by None |
