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A brief, unsuccessful stint working in advertising was followed by a year of graduate study at the University of Florida, which he left to pursue a career as a comic book creator. |
A brief, unsuccessful stint working in advertising was followed by a year of graduate study at the University of Florida, which he left to pursue a career as a comic book creator. |
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In 2005 Latour and writer B. Clay Moore created the short lived Sci Fi Pop Noir series "The Expatriate" for Image comics. Citing a personal need to improve and re-learn the craft of making comics he took himself "off the comics map" following the books cancellation in 2006. Resurfacing from time to time to do short anthology work and comic strips, he worked professionally under various pen names as a comic book colorist. In 2008, he was hired to illustrate the Vertigo Comics Crime Line graphic novel "Noche Roja" (with Simon Oliver) and has since resurfaced as an artist on titles such as Daredevil Black & White (Marvel 2010), Scalped (Vertigo 2010) and Wolverine (2010). In 2011 his |
In 2005 Latour and writer B. Clay Moore created the short lived Sci Fi Pop Noir series "The Expatriate" for Image comics. Citing a personal need to improve and re-learn the craft of making comics he took himself "off the comics map" following the books cancellation in 2006. Resurfacing from time to time to do short anthology work and comic strips, he worked professionally under various pen names as a comic book colorist. In 2008, he was hired to illustrate the Vertigo Comics Crime Line graphic novel "Noche Roja" (with Simon Oliver) and has since resurfaced as an artist on titles such as Daredevil Black & White (Marvel 2010), Scalped (Vertigo 2010) and Wolverine (2010). In 2011 his long form writing debut, Loose Ends (with artist Chris Brunner), is scheduled to be published by 12 Gauge Comics. |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
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Revision as of 17:35, 5 December 2010
David Jason Latour (born 1977) is an American comic book artist and writer known for his work for Image, Marvel and DC comics on titles such as Scalped and Wolverine.
Early life
Jason was born in Charlotte, NC and graduated from West Mecklenburg High School. He has a Bachelor's degree from East Carolina University where he also served as the student paper's head cartoonist.
Career
Latour minored in art at East Carolina University, graduating in 1999. While at ECU he began his first foray into the comics field with work on his creator owned humor comic strip "4 Seats Left". A brief, unsuccessful stint working in advertising was followed by a year of graduate study at the University of Florida, which he left to pursue a career as a comic book creator.
In 2005 Latour and writer B. Clay Moore created the short lived Sci Fi Pop Noir series "The Expatriate" for Image comics. Citing a personal need to improve and re-learn the craft of making comics he took himself "off the comics map" following the books cancellation in 2006. Resurfacing from time to time to do short anthology work and comic strips, he worked professionally under various pen names as a comic book colorist. In 2008, he was hired to illustrate the Vertigo Comics Crime Line graphic novel "Noche Roja" (with Simon Oliver) and has since resurfaced as an artist on titles such as Daredevil Black & White (Marvel 2010), Scalped (Vertigo 2010) and Wolverine (2010). In 2011 his long form writing debut, Loose Ends (with artist Chris Brunner), is scheduled to be published by 12 Gauge Comics.
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- The Expatriate (comic) #1-4 (with B. Clay Moore, Image Comics, 2006)
- Daredevil Black and White #1(with Peter Milligan, Marvel, 2010–one shot)
- Wolverine, vol.4 #1- The Last Stand of the Silver Samurai- (with Jason Aaron, Marvel, 2010)
- I Am an Avenger, #1- The Books of the Iron Fist- (with Duane Swierczynski, Marvel, 2010)
- Scalped #43 (with Jason Aaron DC/Vertigo, 2010)
- Noche Roja (with Simon Oliver Vertigo Crime Line OGN DC/Vertigo, 2011)
References
- Jason Latour at the Grand Comics Database
- Jason Latour at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)