I was re-reading Jason’s Hey Wait… and Shhh! tonight and I realized how awesome it would be to have one of his illustrations tattooed on my body. His graphic novels never fail to make me laugh and break my heart with every read so a tattoo in commemoration of my fan-dom just makes sense. Of course, I’ve gotta sleep on it, but it is an idea of which I am a quite keen.
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Today was a great day.
One of the highlights was finding a first edition of Jason’s first full length novella, Sshhh! at Rx Comics on Main. Lachie was a sweetheart for buying it for me but I have to wait til Christmas before I can get my grubby fangirl hands on it.
I’m in love with Jason’s work. I can’t step into a used bookstore without trying to find first editions and out of prints to add to my collection. Today was a great day.
A Jason strip from 2003. As he describes it, it’s the Terminator in a library.
5. -I’ll shoo…
-Shh!
6. -I’d like to borrow the new Erlend Loe book.
7. -It hasn’t arrived yet.
8. -Oh…
9. -Well… Um… I’ll be back
Jason Conquers America - Oct 2011, Fantagraphics
I admire this man’s work greatly. Just bought his latest novella Isle of 10,000 Graves and found my mind laughing and my heart weeping like some cruel yet satisfying emotional tug of war. His stories tend to do that. Not only is he a fantastic storyteller, he also reviews old films on his blog, cats without dogs.
Norwegian cover for Jason’s You Can’t Get There From Here
Dang, Jason’s art in acrylic. Still so clean. Gotta get myself to Europe so I can hunt for all the original language editions I can’t find over here.
Jason Interview for Robot 6 ›
Jason talks about his latest “Werewolves of Montpellier” and his love for film.
Text:
The leaf let go
-Will you catch me?
It said to the ground
Look, I was a poet!
This page is for obvious reasons previously unpublished.
I love reading Jason’s blog because it combines tidbits about his uncollected, unpublished, and upcoming works with well written reviews of Audrey Hepburn and 80s films. I’m such a fangirl. Check it out at cats without dogs.
Interview with Norwegian Indie Cartoonist Jason ›
“It’s a more minimalistic style, where it’s almost right on the edge of being boring. There can be poetry in those kinds of images. I like a writer like Hemingway who, at least in the early books, wrote in a very simple language. I like when things are left unsaid, when you have to fill out some of the pieces yourself.”
Almost Silent by Jason
A new release collection, featuring Tell Me Something, You Can’t Get There from Here, The Living and the Dead, and Meow, Baby, all of which are pantomime. Available at Fantagraphics.
I want this so badly. Jason’s comics are amazing.
One of my favourite graphic novels. Who else can tell a story that tears at your heartstrings using anthropomorphic, near silent characters? It’s now out of print, which is unfortunate. I’d kill to get my hands on a copy of my own.
Tell Me Something by Jason, 2004.
