Jason Aaron

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Jason Aaron

Tony Moore and Jason Aaron (right)
Born January 28, 1973 (1973-01-28) (age 39)
Jasper, Alabama
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer
Notable works The Other Side
Scalped
Ghost Rider
Wolverine
PunisherMAX
Official website

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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[edit] Early life

Jason was born in Jasper, Alabama. He graduated from Shelby County High School in Columbiana, Alabama and has a Bachelor's degree from UAB with a Major in English and a Minor in History.[citation needed]

[edit] Career

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.[1] In 2006, DC/Vertigo published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side.[2] He was nominated for an Eisner Award for The Other Side, and shortly thereafter began writing the critically acclaimed Scalped, an ongoing creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.[3]

In 2007, Aaron began writing for Marvel Comics with an extended run on Marvel's Ghost Rider, along with a Secret Invasion tie-in for Black Panther with David Lapham.[4] The contract does not affect his work on Scalped. He also wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.[5][6]

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. "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,"[7] says Aaron. In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine.[8]

[edit] Personal life

Aaron currently lives in Prairie Village, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City with his wife and two sons. Aaron is a cousin of Gustav Hasford, author of The Short-Timers, which was later adapted into the film Full Metal Jacket. Jason wrote The Other Side to honor Hasford.[citation needed]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Marvel Comics

Titles published by Marvel include:

[edit] Vertigo

Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:

[edit] Other US publishers

Titles published by various American publishers include:

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ [1], Where the Hell Am I, September 8, 2010
  2. ^ [2], Where the Hell Am I, September 8, 2010
  3. ^ [3], Where the Hell Am I, September 8, 2010
  4. ^ Jason Aaron signs exclusive with Marvel, Newsarama, January 18, 2008
  5. ^ The Joker’s Asylum, Part II: The Penguin, Comic Book Resources, June 24, 2008
  6. ^ Going Inside the Penguin with Jason Aaron, Newsarama, July 1, 2008
  7. ^ "Jason Aaron: Wolverine: Weapon X". SuicideGirls.com. April 29, 2009. http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Jason+Aaron%3A+Wolverine%3A+Weapon+X/. Retrieved April 29, 2009. 
  8. ^ "C2E2: X-Men Panel". Comic Book Resources. April 18, 2010. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25826. Retrieved June 1, 2010. 
  9. ^ Top Cow's Pilot Season with Rob Levin and Jason Aaron, Comic Book Resources, August 9, 2007

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Interviews

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