Jason Aaron

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Jason Aaron
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Aaron at a book signing for Star Wars #1 at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
Born Jasper, Alabama
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer
Notable works
Thor
Ghost Rider
The Other Side
PunisherMAX
Scalped
Wolverine
http://jasoneaaron.blogspot.com/

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

Early life

Jason Aaron was born in Jasper, Alabama.[1][2][3] 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 comic books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.[4] Aaron graduated from Shelby County High School. He then attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English.[5]

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. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.[4]

In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side,[4] which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries,[6] and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.[4][7] 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 drawn by R. M. Guéra.[4][7][8]

In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions.[9] 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 "Secret Invasion" crossover with David Lapham in 2009.[10]

In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped.[10][11] Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.[12][13]

After a four-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,"[14] In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine.[15] He followed this with the relaunch of The Incredible Hulk in 2011[16] and Thor: God of Thunder in 2012.[17] Aaron and artist Mike Deodato collaborated on the Original Sin limited series in 2014.[18] During his run on Thor, he bought in the new female Thor and wrote the relaunch of the book.

Aaron then wrote Marvel's Star Wars comic set in between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.

Personal life

Aaron moved to Kansas City, Kansas in 2000, the day after the first X-Men feature film was released.[4]

Commenting on the religious themes that run through his work, Aaron says he was raised Southern Baptist, but has since renounced religion: "I’ve been an atheist for many years, but I’ve remained fascinated by religion. If anything, I’ve become more fascinated by religion and faith after I lost mine."[19]

Awards and nominations

  • Nominated: 2007 Eisner Award for Best Miniseries for The Other Side.[6]
  • Nominated: 2015 Eisner Award for Best Writer for Southern Bastards, Original Sin, Thor and Men of Wrath.
  • Nominated: 2015 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series Southern Bastards.
  • Recipient: 2015 Harvey Award for Best New Series for Southern Bastards.
  • Nominated: 2015 Harvey Award for Best Writer for Southern Bastards.

Bibliography

DC Comics/Vertigo

  • 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)

Marvel Comics

Other US publishers

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Interviews

Preceded by Wolverine writer
2007
Succeeded by
Marc Guggenheim
Preceded by
Marc Guggenheim
Wolverine writer
2008
Succeeded by
Mark Millar
Preceded by
Mark Millar
Wolverine writer
2009–2012
Succeeded by
Cullen Bunn
Preceded by
Greg Pak
(Incredible Hulks)
The Incredible Hulk writer
2011–2012
Succeeded by
Mark Waid
(The Indestructible Hulk series)
Preceded by Thor writer
2012–present
Succeeded by
Current