Single name creatives usually make me suspicious. Except Prince, of course, because he’s freakin’ Prince, so shut the hell up. It’s the others I worry about. Like McG. Or Pitof. I’d include Fabio but I’m still working through whether it’s jealousy about his hair and/or pecs or just plain suspicion.
And then there’s Jason. The name itself might conjure Halloween-type movie images, rightly or wrongly, but he’s a Paris-based cartoonist who insists on doing graphic novels with no description and less dialogue than a thirty second television commercial.
There’s only one way I can describe his work, full of absurdity, surrealism and hilarity and yet still telling a story – from the blurb for Meow, Baby!:
And pick up Living and the Dead – where “horror, humour and romance commingle” – while you’re at it.
If you enjoyed the Jason, you might like the similar but different, Frank, by Jim Woodring. http://www.jimwoodring.com
thanks JW – i remember hearing about Mr Woodring somewhere – Jeff Smith‘s Bone? Dave Sim‘s Cerebus? good finks, of course.
the local library has a copy – it’s reservin’ time.
Unusually valuable info. Hope to endure more posts anon!
approved for your use of “unusual” and “endure”!