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Jason Pearson

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Jason Trent Pearson (August 29, 1970 – December 19, 2022)[1] was an American comic book creator, known for his series Body Bags and for his dynamic illustration work on books featuring characters such as the Legion of Super-Heroes, Spider-Man, Batman, and Deadpool. He was one of the founding members of Gaijin Studios.

Jason Trent Pearson
BornAugust 29, 1970
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 2022(2022-12-19) (aged 52)
Area(s)Writer, Penciller
Notable works
Legion of Super-Heroes
Body Bags

Career

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Jason Pearson's first published comics work was in 1991. His first and longest regular assignment, beginning that year, was working with Keith Giffen on Legion of Super-Heroes with scripters Tom and Mary Bierbaum, and inker Al Gordon.[2] He later described Giffen as one of his mentors.[3]

He developed Body Bags to be part of Ground Zero, an anthology intended for Image Comics, which did not pick it up. He produced a four issue mini-series which served in 1996 as the debut title for the Blanc Noir line of titles produced by Gaijin Studios for Dark Horse Comics. In 1998, he began work on a sequel, which was interrupted by an illness. Body Bags: 3 The Hard Way and Body Bags: One Shot followed in 2005 and 2008. In 2015, Pearson ran a Kickstarter funding campaign for a 96-page story Body Bags: Don't Die Until I Kill You, raising $39,514, nearly double his goal of $20,000. After repeated delays, in 2022 he again promised that publication was imminent.[4]

Meanwhile, he illustrated individual issues and covers for books published by Wildstorm, Marvel, Dark Horse, and Image. He announced that he was writing and drawing a mini-series called Redbird – intended to be the first of a trilogy – in 2004, but the project was not completed.[3]

Pearson died December 19, 2022, of a stroke.[1]

Bibliography

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Interior comic work includes:

Covers only

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References

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  1. ^ a b Johnston, Rich (2023-01-17). "Jason Pearson, Creator Of Body Bags, Died In December Aged 52". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  2. ^ "Jason Pearson, Comics Artist, Dead at 52". Comics. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  3. ^ a b Catching Up With Jason Pearson Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, June 25, 2004
  4. ^ Johnston, Rich (2021-09-24). "Jason Pearson's Body Bags Back For 2022 As #1 CGC 9.8 Goes To Auction". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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Preceded by Legion of Super-Heroes artist
(with layouts by Keith Giffen)
1991 		Succeeded by
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