Jason Aaron

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Jason Aaron
Tony Moore and Jason Aaron.jpg
Tony Moore and Jason Aaron (right)
Born (1973-01-28) January 28, 1973 (age 40)
Jasper, Alabama
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer
Notable works The Other Side
Scalped
Ghost Rider
Wolverine
PunisherMAX

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Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973 in Jasper, Alabama) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as The Other Side, Scalped, Ghost Rider, Wolverine and PunisherMAX.

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Early life [edit]

Jason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.[1]

Career [edit]

Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.[1]

In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side,[1] which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries,[2] and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.[1][3]

Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.[3]

In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.[dead link][4]

In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped.[5] Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.[6][7]

After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre,"[8] In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine.[9] He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.

Personal life [edit]

Aaron moved to Kansas City, Kansas in 2000, the day after the first X-Men feature film was released.[1]

Awards and nominations [edit]

Bibliography [edit]

Marvel Comics [edit]

DC Comics/Vertigo [edit]

  • The Other Side #1-5 (with Cameron Stewart, 2006) collected as The Other Side (tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1350-2)
  • Scalped:
    • Indian Country (tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1317-0) collects:
      • "Indian Country" (with R. M. Guéra, in #1-3, 2007)
      • "Hoka Hey" (with R. M. Guéra, in #4-5, 2007)
    • Casino Boogie (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1654-4) collects:
      • "Casino Boogie" (with R. M. Guéra, in #6-11, 2007-2008)
    • Dead Mothers (tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1919-5) collects:
      • "Dreaming Himself into the Real World" (with John Paul Leon, in #12, 2008)
      • "Dead Mothers" (with R. M. Guéra, in #13-17, 2008)
      • "Falls Down" (with Davide Furnò, in #18, 2008)
    • The Gravel in Your Gut (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2179-3) collects:
      • "The Boudoir Stomp" (with Davide Furnò, in #19-20, 2008)
      • "The Gravel in Your Guts" (with R. M. Guéra, in #21-24, 2008-2009)
    • High Lonesome (tpb, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2487-3) collects:
    • The Gnawing (tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2717-1) collects:
      • "The Gnawing" (with R. M. Guéra, in #30-34, 2009-2010)
    • Rez Blues (tpb, 192 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3019-9) collects:
      • "Listening to the Earth Turn" (with Danijel Žeželj, in #35, 2010)
      • "A Fine Action of an Honorable and Catholic Spaniard" (with Davide Furnò, in #36-37, 2010)
      • "Family Tradition" (with R. M. Guéra, in #38, 2010)
      • "Unwanted" (with R. M. Guéra, in #39-42, 2010)
    • You Gotta Sin to Get Saved (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3288-4) collects:
      • "A Come-to-Jesus" (with Jason Latour, in #43, 2011)
      • "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (with Davide Furnò, in #44, 2011)
      • "You Gotta Sin to Get Saved" (with R. M. Guéra, in #45-49, 2011)
    • Knuckle Up (tpb, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3505-0) collects:
      • "The Art of Surviving" (with R. M. Guéra and various artists, in #50, 2011)
      • "Knuckle Up" (with R. M. Guéra, in #51-55, 2011-2012)
    • Trail's End (tpb, 128 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3734-7) collects:
      • "Trail's End" (with R. M. Guéra, in #56-60, 2012)
  • Hellblazer #245-246: "Newcastle Calling" (with Sean Murphy, 2008)
  • Joker's Asylum: Penguin (with Jason Pearson, one-shot, 2008) collected in Joker's Asylum Volume 1 (tpb, 128 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1955-1)

Other US publishers [edit]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ep. 3 Jason Aaron Origins". "Avengers VS X-Men: War Journals: Full Episodes". MTV. May 17, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Aaron, Jason (September 8, 2010). "Where the Hell Am I". Comic Book Resources.
  4. ^ "Jason Aaron signs exclusive with Marvel". Newsarama. January 18, 2008[dead link]
  5. ^ Aaron, Jason (January 18, 2008). "I'm now Marvel exclusive". jasonaaron.info. Blogspot.
  6. ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (June 24, 2008). "The Joker’s Asylum, Part II: The Penguin". Comic Book Resources.
  7. ^ Arrant, Chris (July 1, 2008). "Going Inside the Penguin with Jason Aaron". Newsarama.
  8. ^ "Jason Aaron: Wolverine: Weapon X". SuicideGirls.com. April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2009. 
  9. ^ "C2E2: X-Men Panel". Comic Book Resources. April 18, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2010. 
  10. ^ Furey, Emmett (August 9, 2007). "Top Cow's Pilot Season with Rob Levin and Jason Aaron". Comic Book Resources.

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Interviews [edit]

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